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So You Want to Make the Perfect Logistics Model

Logility

Why do we build logistics models? But I ask it because modeling often takes a detour into the land of debilitating detail. And by debilitating, I mean an enormous analytical time sink — think months. I am often asking clients whether they wish to: A) Model the precise general ledger costs for logistics?

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This Week in Logistics News (March 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart announced this week that it has become Canada’s first major retailer to offer carbon-neutral last-mile delivery for e-commerce purchases, including online grocery. The new spoke sites will be located in Austin and San Antonio, Texas, and Birmingham, Alabama. For these people, the switch will have them looking elsewhere.

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Contracts, Cancellations, and Closures: Persistent Trends Leave a Pre-Peak Season Logistics Industry on Edge

Intelligent Audit

Speaking at a recent event in Las Vegas, Patton said, “ This business model is hurting to a degree where my company individually has to see change from FedEx Ground,” according to reporting from SupplyChainDive. SupplyChainDive, in their recent analysis of a 2022 study by logistics provider Descartes, reported that, “ U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon workers reject unionization in Alabama. Beta Technologies to supply UPS with electric vertical aircraft. In early March, ballots were sent out to nearly 6,000 workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama to vote on whether they wanted to be represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.