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

Locus

What do you mean by last mile delivery costs in logistics? Last-mile delivery is the crucial stage of transporting goods from the retailer’s transportation hub to the ultimate delivery destination. This phase isn’t just a logistical necessity—it swallows up between 40-55% of total shipping costs.

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

Find out the most important logistics trends that could impact supply chains in 2022. Demand for last-mile delivery is soaring and is expected to grow by 78% globally by 2030.- The driver shortage in the US could surpass 160,000 in 2030 and it was estimated to be around 80,000 this 2021. More Focus on Last-Mile Delivery.

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Sustainable eCommerce: Examples of Environmentally Friendly Online Retail

Ware2Go

The eCommerce boom is expected to increase the number of final mile delivery vehicles on the road by 36% and increase greenhouse gas emissions by 30% overall by 2030. This likely does not account for the impact of reverse logistics. And we haven’t even begun to talk about waste. In 2022 alone, eCommerce returns generated 9.5

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Sustainable eCommerce: Five Brands Leading the Way

Ware2Go

The eCommerce boom is expected to increase the number of final mile delivery vehicles on the road by 36% and increase greenhouse gas emissions by 30% overall by 2030. This likely does not account for the impact of reverse logistics. And we haven’t even begun to talk about waste.

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Two Million Vacant Manufacturing Jobs by 2025…How Can We Tackle the Skills Gap?

GlobalTranz

For example, in China alone, where the last decade brought millions of new participants into the workforce, a skills gap is expected to cause a deficit of 23 million sufficiently skilled workers there by 2030. Need help in focusing back on your core compentancy and dealing with these forces distracting you from reducing transportation costs?

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Achieve the Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chain Consumers Demand

Logility

GSCM includes green initiatives to accomplish the ultimate goals: green materials, green production, reverse logistics, closed-loop supply chains, and green procurement and returns. It’s predicted that AI can reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 4% by 2030, which is 2.4 billion tons of CO 2 emissions. .

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How to Make Shipping More Sustainable in 3 Simple Steps

Ware2Go

The number of final mile delivery vehicles on the road are expected to increase 36% , and greenhouse gas emissions are projected to increase by 30% overall by 2030 – all due to the ecommerce boom. . Then comes the added complication of reverse logistics. eCommerce return rates are sometimes 35% higher than traditional retail.