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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

Even closer to end customers, in August, Maersk acquired Visible SCM, a Utah-based B2B/B2C company, which handles over 200,000 orders a day across nine fulfillment centers, as well as a European counterpart. Combined with more activity at their regional hub in Germany , Amazon has clearly become a major global cargo airline.

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10 Technologies That Are Going To Change Your Life

Supply Chain Game Changer

Thanks to the ease at which data can be shared automatically between devices, we can tie together information from many different sources. A team of researchers at the University of Utah is doing just that, debuting a prototype pair of smart glasses that adjust automatically to focus perfectly on whatever you’re looking at.

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Competing in a diverse parcel market

Cathy Roberson

These tech tools may also use crowd-sourced carriers or traditional ones. governmental entities, including the state of Utah and the U.S. Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets on Air Cargo Next. 3PLs and freight forwarders can also offer B2C delivery services using such tools.