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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

percent drop in annual sales, UPS forecast a 2024 upswing of as little as 1.1 Higher labor costs and lower package demand resulted in fourth-quarter sales and 2024 guidance that missed analysts expectations. The big three US airlines saw their cargo revenues decline last year as rates and volumes came under pressure.

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How Warehouse Management Software Impacts Logistics!

Supply Chain Game Changer

But if there was some delay in the sorting and packing of the cargo, their trucks would spend additional waiting and idle time at the warehouse. Warehouse management can give the logistics chain a forecast of the cargo and packages which are going to be shipped out of the warehouse.

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146 days until Christmas - Are you ready?

Cathy Roberson

The planning typically begins at the start of the year as shippers work with carriers to share updated forecasts of capacity requirements throughout the year to ensure parcels are delivered on time during the season. However, if shippers under or overestimate their forecasted capacity requirements, they could incur a penalty from carriers.

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The battle for the last mile is in the cloud, but which one?

Cathy Roberson

It provides predictive insights on what packages or freight may be at risk for delays and where within the network they may be most at risk. Catch my twice-a-week column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets, and the occasional podcast on Air Cargo Next. HEAT was deployed to employees in 2018.

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Is Inventory Optimization a Key to Omnichannel Survival?

ToolsGroup

That’s never going to compete with Amazon—not only its existing footprint, but in light of its new investments in logistics that include localized fulfillment sites, global trade services, and even sea and air cargo transport—like its May 5 announcement of plans to double its fleet of leased Boeing 767 freight jets for package deliveries.

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Improved Supply Chain Visibility Requires an End-to-End Solutions

Logistics Viewpoints

Ocean ETAs are focused on when a ship gets into port and begins to unload its cargo. These warehouses need to make sure they have the capacity – the gate availability, the storage space, and the labor – to unload the shipment on the inbound side of the warehouse and then load these pallets or packages on outbound trucks.

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Technology Trends For Transportation in 2023: Top 5

Abivin

Typical autonomous vehicles such as drones or subway trains can carry cargo in other depths and reduce the amount of cargo circulation on the ground. More focus on Last-Mile Delivery Last-mile delivery refers to the final leg of the delivery process when packages are transported from a transportation hub to their final destination.