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Carrier Capacity Management Levels the Playing Field in a Carriers’ Market

Logistics Viewpoints

Just two days before Thanksgiving, FreightWaves reported an “all-time-high 93 ships” were waiting there. Carrier capacity tops the list of parcel shippers’ challenges. E-commerce order volume keeps climbing, straining carrier capacity with shippers sending more parcels outbound and receiving more returns inbound.

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5 Success Factors in Effective Omnichannel Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

Luckily, we did not have to set up our camping tents in front of our favorite stores, but just logged in to their mobile apps. The pandemic brought the omnichannel initiatives to the top of the list of priorities for many companies. Online shopping has been on a steady rise since 2010. With the global pandemic, it became a necessity.

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Profitably Delivering eCommerce with Consumer-Centric Priorities

Logistics Viewpoints

Because warehousing and transportation represent significant cost centers, intelligent logistics decisions are critical. And, more than ever, these decisions have to be made on the fly, in real-time. Uberization: Exploring On-Demand Transportation, Labor and Warehousing. Consider warehousing space.

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Walmart’s Massive Investment in a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Following their fourth quarter results, top executives talked about their supply chain and omnichannel strategy at a high level. Brett Biggs, an executive vice president at Walmart, summarized the investments by saying the retailer is spending on increased fulfillment capacity, supply chain, automation, and technology. billion, 4.1%

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5 Key Supply Chain Technologies Needed to Go Omnichannel

GlobalTranz

More companies are actively engaging with consumers in search of the ultimate omnichannel sales experience as the strength of online sales increase, reports Supply Chain Quarterly. As a result, companies that want to go omnichannel need to begin working to deploy these standards and supply chain technologies.

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Less Than Truckload Shipping Trends to Wrap Up 2018

GlobalTranz

The simultaneous growth of the economy and trucking indicate actual GDP percentages would be higher if compared to the same time last year. Shipping rates will continue to soar, and demand for more capacity will push the stretched industry to its breaking point, says Michael Angell of Freight Waves. Get Your Free Copy Here.

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Flexible Warehousing with Flexe CEO Karl Siebrecht

The Logistics of Logistics

Karl Siebrecht and Joe Lynch discuss flexible warehousing, which is exactly what Karl and the Flexe team provides to their customers. Karl is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flexe , a company that solves the hardest omnichannel logistics problems for the world’s largest retailers and brands.