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This Week in Logistics News (November 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Port truck drivers on West Coast protest costs, working conditions ( Cargo Business News ). In 3PL news, XPO Logistics announced that it has acquired Optima Service Solutions, LLC, “a leading non-asset provider of last-mile logistics services for major retailers and manufacturers in the United States” for $26.6

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- May 12 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Pando provides an AI-powered , no-code Fulfillment Cloud platform aimed to provide manufacturers, retailers, and 3PL s with a single pane of glass to streamline the end-to-end order-to-fulfillment process, to improve service levels, and reduce carbon footprint and costs. This event was led by I Squared Capital.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

Today, 75 to 80% of cargo arrives on time. It fixed a glaring business problem in the industry – a tacit understanding that container liners would charge extra, on top of existing fees, if they had a container they could ship for more (rolled cargo). As long as you know which 75 to 80% is, you can provide a guarantee on that.