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UPS Strike Averted While Workers Gain Heat Protection

Logistics Viewpoints

A protracted work stoppage would have caused widespread supply chain disruptions across the U.S. Join me in demanding that UPS keep their employees safe by adding AC to their delivery trucks. The decision, which more than 86% of UPS union members who voted supported, removes the threat of a strike at United Parcel Service.

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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

Logistics Viewpoints

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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The Best Supply Chain Conferences of 2019

GlobalTranz

Supply chain conferences are an excellent way to connect with industry professionals, learn about new technologies, and refine your operation through the experience of others. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. GET YOUR COPY HERE. Download White Paper.

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

Intelligent Audit

Airfreight Demand Plummets as Shippers Flock to Ocean. As ocean rates continue to plummet, shippers are increasingly diverting freight from air cargo lines to more affordable ocean transportation. As airfreight demand falls, ocean shipping rates continue to plummet, leading many shippers to reevaluate their operations.

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Relatively Cautious Global Production and Supply Chain Indices for February 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights February global manufacturing and supply chain indices and challenges relative to product demand and supply network imbalance levels in the first quarter of 2022. Global Supply Chain Pressures Index. The reported global-wide value of this index was 3.31 from a value of 58.7

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U.S. Freight Logistics Industry Recession Continues with Some Hopeful Signs

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights continued evidence that the U.S. Morgan Manufacturing PMI® , compiled by S&P Global in association with ISM and IFPSM , provided a banner headline of global manufacturing output edging only slightly higher In April. Supply chain pressures reportedly eased to the greatest extent in 14 years.

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Autonomous Driving and Logistics: The Effects

20Cube Logistics

With constant changes in the global markets, new and unconventional ideas are being discussed and thought about and not just in a hypothetical sense. . Machines that can drive themselves are soon to become a reality in sea, land and air cargo delivery. Cargo Ships.