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5 Product Packaging Mistakes That Could Cost You Customers!

Supply Chain Game Changer

How Australia is Dealing with Packaging and Waste! Product packaging mistakes article and permission to publish here provided by Claire Glassman. While that’s mostly harmless, the joke will be far less funny when it’s your products or packaging that others start making fun of. What Are The Benefits Of Packaging?

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The Race for Last Mile Drones

Logistics Viewpoints

The company has developed a fleet of last mile drones for small package delivery in the US, Australia, and Finland. Recently, Wing has developed a fleet of new drone prototypes designed to more efficiently deliver packages ranging from small pill bottles to items weighing as much as 7 pounds.

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The Green Corridor: Food for Thought

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In a recent scientific report published in Natureportfolio, researchers in Australia showed that just over one in ten fish packages sold to customers in Australia are likely displaying the wrong fish species. They did this by looking at the label on the package and then running random DNA tests on the meat inside.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

Wing is a part of Google parent company, Alphabet, that offers automated delivery drones to transport smaller packages from businesses to homes. The drone delivery partnership with Wing was born out of DoorDash Labs, DoorDash’s robotics and automation arm, and builds on a similar pilot launched in Australia in 2022. Franklin St.,

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This Week in Logistics News (July 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news: Alphabet’s Wing Develops Fleet of New Drones for More Efficient Package Delivery. Google’s parent company) subsidiary named Wing has developed a fleet of new drone prototypes designed to more efficiently deliver packages ranging from small pill bottles to items weighing as much as 7 pounds.

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De Minimis Value: Your Essential Guide to International Trade Regulations

ShipBob

Properly classifying goods and paying tariffs are essential to prevent packages getting stuck in customs and potential fines. Optimize packaging: Reduce shipping costs by optimizing packaging to be lightweight and compact. Opting for DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) shipping can simplify this.

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A New Approach to Small Parcel with Tyler Abderholden

The Logistics of Logistics

Merchants simply purchase a label and their package can be picked up from their front door. The company was founded in Australia in 2014 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia; Seattle, Washington; and Toronto, Canada. You can choose to have your packages picked up from your front door or drop them off at a nearby location.