Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2022

For the second consecutive four-quarter period, the freight market faced continual capacity challenges as the global supply chain wrestled with the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. Will these forces continue to play a part in the freight market in the coming year? And what could come into play in 2022? billion on Black Friday.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

For an industry that increasingly requires higher logistics pipeline velocity without sacrificing accuracy and at lower costs, RPA is a natural choice for high performing supply chain organisations. Organisations that have successfully implemented RPA initiatives report cost savings of up to 80% and time savings of up to a staggering 40%.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The number of package flights operated by FedEx Express and UPS significantly declined month over month in July, underscoring how far the overall air cargo market has sunk since the spring of 2022 and the effect of efficiency initiatives the companies have undertaken in response to lower express volumes.

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 3, 2022

Last-mile costs are outpacing overall transportation and warehousing costs, a trend likely to continue through 2022. In comparison, transportation and warehousing PPI increased 17.844 points for the same period, index based on 2006=100 and not seasonally adjusted. Year-to-date through November, retail sales are up 18.3%

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2022

The Port of Oakland reported cargo in April dropped 7 percent compared to the same period a year ago due to factory and port shutdowns in China. Ship operators and brokers say that at the start of 2022, there were around 50.5 Most trucking companies pass on increased fuel costs to their customers through fuel surcharges.

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 11, 2022

This is a commentary on the article To Share or Not to Share: The Future of Collaborative Forecasting , Foresight 2022, Q4, by Pierre Pinson, Editor in Chief of The International Journal of Forecasting. Asymmetry of Data Ownership. Just like oil, data is not evenly distributed among geographies and owners. It was a win-win situation.

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