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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

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Robots continue to be a larger part of global supply chains. One of the most difficult and expensive aspects of the supply chain is last mile and home delivery. In this situation, an autonomous vehicle brings a package to a customer’s house, whereupon the customer enters a code and retrieves the package from a cargo hold.

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UPS Strike Averted While Workers Gain Heat Protection

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A protracted work stoppage would have caused widespread supply chain disruptions across the U.S. Two fans would also be installed in package cars, which make up most of the company’s 93,000-vehicle fleet. There is no way that FedEx, the United States Postal Service, and regional carriers could have picked up the slack.

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Alternatives to UPS and FedEx

The Logistics of Logistics

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company started out by offering less-than-truckload (LTL) service, then expanded into truckload (TL), supply chain, and ground service. The company tries to minimize package damage by facilitating more direct routes for package delivery.

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Alternatives to UPS and FedEx

The Logistics of Logistics

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company started out by offering less-than-truckload (LTL) service, then expanded into truckload (TL), supply chain, and ground service. The company tries to minimize package damage by facilitating more direct routes for package delivery.

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Alternatives to UPS and FedEx

The Logistics of Logistics

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company started out by offering less-than-truckload (LTL) service, then expanded into truckload (TL), supply chain, and ground service. The company tries to minimize package damage by facilitating more direct routes for package delivery.

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New Year, New Horizons: Transportation Industry Gets Ready to Take On 2023

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Express and Ground packages not paid according to approved payment terms, as well as a $13.25 surcharge on shipments to domestic packages shipped to remote ZIP codes. As ocean rates continue to plummet, shippers are increasingly diverting freight from air cargo lines to more affordable ocean transportation. 15 press release.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 11 – 17)

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Customers with the Taco Lover’s Pass can order one crunchy taco, soft taco, spicy potato soft taco or Doritos Locos taco per day for 30 days straight on the chain’s app. The chain is testing the program across 17 locations in Tucson, Arizona from September 9 until November 24. Talk about a cool concept.