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AUGUST 28, 2023

UPS is the largest parcel delivery company in North America. The company generated over $100 billion in revenue in their last financial year. The Petition UPS, like many companies, claim that their “people are their most valuable asset. There is an interesting back story to the heat protection clauses.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 13, 2023

The company has reportedly revised the start of contract cargoes from its Calcasieu Pass LNG plant to late 2024, extending a previous delay by almost a year.

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Cathy Roberson

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

(Photo 58159433 | Packages © Daniel Kaesler | Dreamstime.com ) The success of UPS’ ‘Better and Bolder’ strategy is in doubt as the company faces lower volumes and higher costs. According to UPS CEO Carol Tome, the 2024 U.S. There was no mention of B2C volume performance, but B2B volumes represented 35.5%

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American Global Logistics

MARCH 5, 2024

Volatility and uncertainty in the logistics industry have dominated the news in 2024. This has led to increased insurance premiums for ships sailing through the Red Sea, and some shipping companies have avoided the area altogether. As of late February 2024, CMA CGM is now shipping cargo through the Red Sea trade route.

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MARCH 27, 2024

Coast Guard authorities are assured that the bridge debris and/or underwater obstacles are sufficiently cleared for cargo ship navigation. How in this era of advanced technology, navigation and cargo ship advancements could such a disaster such as this occur? refineries and warehouses. All rights reserved.

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Resilinc

MARCH 5, 2024

Navigate the top climate change issues set to impact the supply chain in 2024. Now, it is predicted that 2024 has a 99% chance of ranking in the top five warmest years. In fact, Resilinc’s CEO, Bindiya Vakil, named Climate Change as one of the top five supply chain megatrends for 2024. 2023 was the warmest year on record.

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Resilinc

AUGUST 30, 2023

Weight limits have also been adjusted, forcing some ships to unload and transport cargo to the other side of the canal via train—increasing transportation costs. Companies should expect the bottleneck to be around for a while as the current situation at the waterway may become the new normal due to El Niño and climate change.

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Cathy Roberson

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

However, GXO Logistics CEO Malcolm Wilson told analysts during the company’s latest earnings call, “We're not expecting to see many of the seasonal pop-up types of short-term warehousing activities that we've seen in previous years. We intend to remain competitive on price with reduced marketing spend.”

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

From the very beginning, Amazon’s mission has been to be the earth’s most customer-centric company. The company also offers a range of logistics services to third-party sellers, allowing them to tap into Amazon’s extensive network and benefit from the same efficient delivery options.

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Cathy Roberson

MAY 19, 2021

. “The TMS market continues to be an active one for us as customers either move older on-premise deployments of TMS to the cloud or adopt a new TMS for the very first time,” Eddie Capel, president and CEO of technology provider, Manhattan Associates, said during the company’s first-quarter earnings call.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

FreightWaves, the preeminent logistics industry publication, has announced its annual list of the top 100 tech companies in the logistics industry. According to FreightWaves, the FreightTech 100 2023 is “[…] a selection of the most innovative companies in the freight technology space.” With the agreement, the U.S. Economy $2.2.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

With global cargo lanes clogged, businesses are turning to new ways to deliver goods. Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. February 17, 2022, 12:01 AM EST. The former wartime airbase handled a record 1,655 international cargo arrivals in 2021, a 73% jump from 2019, and overall tonnage rose 18%. Businessweek.

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Resilinc

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

A key part of NASA’s Mars ambition lies in its Artemis program—which aims to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024. Elon Musk’s SpaceX was tapped last year to “deliver critical pressurized and unpressurized cargo, science experiments and supplies to the Gateway.”

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Schneider National CFO Steve Brufett recently told FreightWaves that volumes are moving sideways without a usual seasonal uptick and that his company is accepting most loads tendered to it daily compared to only a 50% acceptance rate a year ago. YoY Volume Lapses Worry Air Cargo Companies.

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Freightos

JANUARY 25, 2024

Aimee Loshinsky January 25, 2024 Optimize your logistics tendering, vendor selection, negotiations, and procurement with Freightos Data Book a Demo In Freightos Q4 2023 KPI press release , we announced that the company surpassed one million bookings across the platform in 2023. Freight is digitizing itself now at real scale.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 26, 2024

Anti-narcotics investigators have uncovered substantial amounts of the disguised drugs in the past two years as smugglers go to ever-more elaborate lengths to get illicit cargoes on board ships. Guffey added that the company is meeting with the agency weekly to ensure a smooth transition before the peak holiday shipping season.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2023

However, a recent development has been a statement from UPS aircraft pilots, members of a different labor union, that they intend to honor any picket lines and refuse to operate cargo flights if Teamsters union members actually walk out. The company filed a request in U.S. This was a major request among union negotiators.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The company is working with select sellers on the pilot version of this program, known as Ship in Own Container, this year. In 2022, Amazon shipped 11 percent of items globally without any added packaging by the company. Earlier this week, I wrote an article highlighting that cargo theft is on the rise.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 25, 2023

Now in its 37th year, Entrepreneur Of The Year is one of the preeminent competitive business awards for transformative entrepreneurs and leaders of high-growth companies who are building a more equitable, sustainable and prosperous world for all. Brian was selected by an independent panel of judges. and Canada.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Earlier this week, the company warned officials in Maryland that it plans to close two delivery stations next month in Hanover and Essex, near Baltimore, that employ more than 300 people. A series of new ships will hit the water over the next two years with net fleet growth expected to exceed 9 percent next year and in 2024.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The service is available in the nearly 5,000 cities where Uber has a presence, the company said. Real-time tracking is available in the Uber app, the company said. Now, those same companies are fighting to fill trucks as demand shrinks. said Wednesday it has begun offering a service to handle returns. or UPS Inc.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The company has spent nearly a decade pursuing founder Jeff Bezos’ vision of autonomous drones that can deliver a package weighing less than 5 pounds as little as 30 minutes after a customer places an order. The company has realized it cannot conduct focused negotiations with all of its 100,000-plus suppliers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 15, 2023

I have learned so much from our sponsors and readers, both through their commentaries and user conferences, and look forward to more of the same in 2024. We also saw a lot of technological advances in transportation, warehousing, supply chain planning, robotics, and last mile delivery, just to name a few.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

75% of companies felt negative or strongly negative impacts on their business due to supply chain disruption ( Accenture ). It is estimated supply chain disruptions and inventory shortages affect 4% of inventory for some large companies, and 40% of inventory for smaller companies. Material Handling & Logistics ). McKinsey ).

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Before joining the VPA in January 2021, Stephen served as President and Chief Executive Officer for TraPac, LLC.and was responsible for the overall performance of the company with focus on safety, service and sustainability. billion in its infrastructure – creating a network of six terminals that can handle any type of cargo.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

Earth Day roundup: companies announce sustainability goals. Walmart’s Canadian stores are now outfitting some of their workers with a ring-mounted scanner that the company says helps them fill online grocery orders faster. The company’s hope is to bring the technology to all of Walmart Canada’s 408 stores.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

by Terry Seetoh Head of APAC & Oceania at International Log Tech Company, Adnavem. Today about 90% of non-bulk cargo worldwide is transported by a container. Lately, however, the good intentions seem to be there, and many shipping companies have set their own ambitious goals. How Shipping Can Help Save The Planet.

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Multichannel Merchant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the company plans to purchase 100,000 electric-powered vans from Detroit startup Rivian Automotive, as it seeks to accomplish two goals in one stroke: Decreasing its carbon footprint and increasing its delivery capabilities. Amazon led a $700 million funding round in Rivian in February of this year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Humans are meant to work alongside new machines in a way that should reduce injuries, the company says. Sequoia enables the company to put up items for sale on its website faster and be able to more easily predict delivery estimates, said David Guerin, the company’s director of robotic storage technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

While the industry struggles to attract and retain talent, ZipRecruiter’s recently released 2024 Labor Market Outlook found that the transportation and warehousing sector has added the most jobs of any sector since the pandemic and over the past decade. And within the sector, the warehousing and storage category has added the most jobs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

At the beginning of the year, the global chip shortage had become so dire that large industrial companies were taking scarce chips out of washing machines to plug them into industrial modules. The restaurant features what the company calls an Order Ahead Lane, which serves mobile-order customers their food through a conveyor system.

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Elementum

AUGUST 11, 2016

The Semi, set to be unveiled in 2017, is a large electric-powered, long-haul trucking vehicle that Musk says will “deliver a substantial reduction in the cost of cargo transport, while increasing safety and making it really fun to operate.”. The question now is: What impact can this major move have on the company and in the trucking industry?

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 18, 2024

Providing at-a-glance insights – to include trailer usage, trip time and distance traveled without cargo. Walmart specifically indicates that customer data is not shared with its parent company and that data is protected using similar security protocols and practices followed by Walmart. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 23, 2023

Added safety and health protections are also included that outline installation of vehicle air conditioning and cargo ventilation in all larger delivery vehicles, sprinter vans, and package cars purchased after Jan. All existing delivery vehicles will be equipped with two fans and air induction vents in cargo compartments.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It’s no secret the way companies ship their freight has shifted due to COVID-19. Due to COVID-19 market changes, our global team of supply chain experts has spent extra time securing expedited less than container load (LCL) capacity for companies that can work with extra lead time. Sound familiar? until the end of the year.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 24, 2018

Projected to grow to $100 by 2024 or 13% of total grocery sales, online grocery is being cemented as a business model thanks to the success of huge companies like Amazon, Walmart and others rushing to meet consumer demand for this type of service. Commercial realtor CB Richard Ellis noted that the US currently has around 3.6

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Stord

MAY 2, 2022

While the rest of the world adopts cloud technologies to help them break down silos and integrate communication, companies continue to use disparate applications and tools for managing orders, evaluating inventory, and shipping goods. This growth is continuing with e-commerce sales expected to reach $6 trillion by 2024.

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