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Utilizing a 3PL to Apply Transportation Management Best Practices For E-Commerce

GlobalTranz

E-commerce is expanding to reach $1 trillion by 2025, and demand for more products and services among the world’s shippers is keeping third-party logistics providers, like Cerasis, on their toes. As a result, shippers must understand the transportation management challenges in e-commerce. Poor visibility into high-volume shipments.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon on path to reach 100% renewable energy by 2025. USPS slowing first-class package delivery to lower costs. While Amazon may be lagging on drone efforts, it is making headway in its pledge for renewable energy by 2025. Apple, others face shipment delays as China Covid curbs squeeze suppliers.

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The Green Corridor: Full Circle – The Promise and Struggles of the Circular Economy and Green Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The right way” emphasizes that our fundamental relationship with the Earth demands that products be made and transported in ways not harmful to the Earth. This incremental change allows for greater recycling use and needs to be done in order for Coca-Cola to reach its 100% recycled bottle content objective by 2025.

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Vaccinating the Supply Chain with Andrew Kelley

The Logistics of Logistics

There are many supply chain, transportation, and logistical challenges facing the healthcare community tasked with developing and rolling out the vaccines. For secure unattended deliveries, the package barcode is scanned by the padlock scanner, the container opens, and the package can be put in the secure container and locked.

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5 Ways to Boost Sustainable Shipping

Multichannel Merchant

The transportation sector is the largest U.S. It’s supported by major transportation industry associations, environmental groups, state and local governments, international agencies and corporations. Reduce Packaging Waste. One way to significantly reduce packaging waste is by eliminating excessive packaging.

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Putting the Planet First: Bringing Sustainability To The Last-Mile With Logistics Technology

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

trillion by 2025. In 2021, global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels, of which emissions from transportation by end-use sectors make up 37% on average, stood at 10.7 For retailers or e-commerce sellers, it means promoting sustainably manufactured products and using recyclable materials for packaging and deliveries. billion tonnes.

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What Should Shippers Do to Prepare for Parcel General Rate Increases to Keep Total Transportation Spend in Check?

Intelligent Audit

bn during the forecast period 2021-2025.” ” To see less of an effect from these increasing transportation spend fees and market size, shippers can prepare with proper data insights, visibility , and parcel shipping advisors. Take Advantage of Zone Shipping to Lower Parcel Transportation Spend.