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This Week in Logistics News (April 13 – 19)

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cargo imports in May could hit highest level since last October Transloading is heating up again Hundreds of cargo ships lost propulsion in U.S. A third group are labelers. distribution centers over the next five years. The February Transportation Intelligence report from economic forecasting firm FR showed that U.S.

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Best Logistics Management Software: Everything You Need to Know Before Making a Purchase Decision

ThroughPut

This includes the final customers or groups of businesses. It helps coordinate the various supply chain activities, which include the complete range of procurement, development, implementation, commercialization, and delivery of the goods or services to the market. Before the 1950s, logistics was perceived in purely military terms.

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An Alternative to UPS and FedEx with Mark Lavelle

The Logistics of Logistics

Maergo eliminates the need for expensive regional distribution centers and complex carrier relationships. Their network features include pick-ups seven days a week, flexible sortation, eco-friendly use of passenger flight cargo capacity, and diverse last mile partners.

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Better Ways to Address Trade-Offs with Supply Chain Optimization

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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. Fusing analytical approaches improves the math behind optimization, but to avoid highly-efficient silos it should be paired with concurrent planning.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 9 – 15)

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It also provides predictive analytics that can tell the restaurant more about what kind of coffee its customers enjoy and when. Walmart in the news: Walmart steps up automated store distribution. Walgreens, CVS, and Target have recently put limits on how many baby formula products consumers can purchase at one time.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 – June 2)

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and raided the Beijing offices of Mintz Group, a due-diligence firm based in New York. Walmart added new functionality that lets sellers purchase shipping labels for domestic orders on its marketplace. Sellers can only purchase a shipping label through Walmart for orders that are in an unshipped status, it noted.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The free report is available in PDF with supporting spreadsheets and high-resolution infographics here. Other sources reported that DB Schenker was not the only forwarder making this shift. Today, 75 to 80% of cargo arrives on time. Maersk 2019 Annual Report. Driving the Maersk Shift.