Logistics Viewpoints
AUGUST 10, 2022
However, more and more companies are exploring the use of last mile drones, hoping to bring down the cost of deliveries while improving customer service. Wing is a subsidiary of Alphabet, the holding company for Google and Waymo. Here are six last mile drones to be on the lookout for, in no particular order.
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 19, 2022
Malcolm McLean, a trucker from North Carolina, was tired of waiting. He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains. If you’re a business leader, why do you care about better math?
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Kanban Logistics
MAY 13, 2021
In this article, we’ll take a closer look at these Port volumes and how they tie into logistics infrastructure enhancements within North Carolina. And we are seeing growth across many different sectors of cargo, but particularly in the refrigerated containers … both import and export.”.
Supply Chain Matters
OCTOBER 10, 2023
In its reporting, Bloomberg indicated that Amazon has long practiced a strategy of taking stakes in business areas deemed a priority including a grocery chain, cargo airlines, EV powered parcel vans and others. OCEMA”) , an industry association consisting of 10 major international container shipping companies.
Kanban Logistics
APRIL 27, 2022
Keep your cargo moving in adverse conditions: Railroads are far less impacted by weather than their trucking counterparts. Many companies embrace rail-truck intermodal transportation by using the more expensive trucks for shorter legs of the journey and cost-effective rail for the long stretch.
Enterra Insights
NOVEMBER 23, 2021
It used to take two days to get cargo off the docks. Marketing expert Robby Pedraza explains, “During World War II, standard sized shipping containers were developed to ship military cargo to the front lines. Conex containers evolved into modular units that could stack efficiently to store more cargo in one location.”[4].
Elementum
JULY 28, 2015
On July 21, truckers working for the Pacific 9 Transportation company went on indefinite strike, causing further congestion problems and delays at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Both Congress and trucking companies are scrambling for innovative solutions to a growing issue. Strikes and Wage Hikes. was moved by truck in 2014.
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