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Solve Driver Shortage with Smart Logistics Planning

DELMIA Quintiq

Increasingly distributed supply chains across the world have made logistics services more important than ever, but this also highlights a crucial issue that continues to grow: resource shortage. According to the World Economic Forum , over a quarter of commercial truck drivers in the US will be 65 or older by 2030.

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Top 5 Logistics Challenges and Solutions for the Manufacturing Industry

GlobalTranz

GlobalTranz works with manufacturing shippers every day to move their goods and streamline their logistics strategies. GlobalTranz can be that partner—helping you make sense of changing pandemic restrictions, protocols, and best practices for all things logistics. And technology has also come a long way for logistics.

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

“All great enterprises are about logistics. Not genius or inspiration or flights of imagination, skill or cunning, but logistics.” — Tom McCarthy. Inspite of having a loyal customer base, many businesses experienced a downfall in their revenues. A decade back these developments in logistics might have seemed impossible.

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Maximize One of Your Greatest Assets: Yard Operations

BlueYonder

The end-to-end logistics network represents a big investment for companies — as well as a key source of competitive advantage. One often-overlooked logistics asset is yard operations — the physical space outside warehouses, distribution centers and manufacturing facilities where inbound and outbound shipments are handled. Valued at $3.1

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Bringing Order to Chaos: Last-Mile Delivery Costs and How to Reduce Them

Locus

The biggest challenge that logistics providers face is rising last-mile carrier delivery costs. Hence, businesses must proactively improve the efficiency of their last-mile delivery services. Retailers and logistics providers should not shift the burden of costs on the consumers as it makes them unhappy and leads to churn.

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Coming soon to a supply chain near you: 8 big digital disruptors

Kinaxis

Taking things beyond just smart shelves and cameras, robots are already roaming the aisles of select stores, doing their part in ensuring quality and great customer service. Key points: Create new opportunities to improve customer service with robots. In-store robotics. Automate manual processes.

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The Changing Trucking Industry

American Global Logistics

The Rise of E-Commerce The explosive growth of e-commerce is dramatically affecting transportation and logistics. This is increasing demand for trucking services but also requiring changes to routes, volumes, and equipment. Lower maintenance, with fewer parts and fluids to service.