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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

The company launched in Sydney in 2012 and has since expanded its global reach into New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, counting a total of more than two million users —with an employee count of just 209. There are many other instances of the shared economy within the supply chain domain, including the following: 1) Uber Freight.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 30 – October 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

Under the service, called Return a Package, an Uber driver will pick up sealed and prepaid packages at a customer location and drop them off at a local post office or FedEx Corp. Uber charges a $5 flat fee for up to five packages tendered at a time or a $3 fee for Uber One members. or UPS Inc. or UPS Inc.

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Delivery Drones are Taking Off! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Recent years have seen a flourishing interest in the use of drone technology to deliver packages. Environmental Benefits The average truck delivery of a package creates about 1kg of greenhouse gas emissions. In this piece, we will look at how retailers and logistics companies could use drones to deliver parcels to customers.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

This first started in 2014 when the company delivered 20 million packages. Across FedEx, about 600,000 packages a day are being rerouted due to staffing shortages. Over the last decade, as we have documented here, Amazon has been pushing its logistics arm to be less reliant on UPS, FedEx, and the USPS for delivering orders.