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The Importance of Sustainability Benchmarking

Logistics Viewpoints

Companies can begin to offset their carbon footprint by taking a deeper look at their supply chain, including product packaging, energy efficiency, alternative fuels, route optimization, and returns and recycling programs. This is the first step, which then allows organizations to make shipping decisions based on freight-related emissions.

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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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FedEx Benefits from Efficiency Improvements & Surcharge Increases as Volumes Fall

Intelligent Audit

All three divisions—Express, Ground, and Freight—reported year-over-year volume declines. year over year while average revenue per package increased 7.9% FedEx Freight reported an 8% increase in revenue to $2.4 Average daily volumes declined by 9.1%, while average revenue per package increased by 12.5%. year over year.

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Shipping Less-Than-Truckload Freight in E-Commerce: Shipping Online Is More Than Just Parcel Shipments

GlobalTranz

According to Logistics Management, more parcel carriers are moving heavier parcel shipments to less-than-truckload freight in e-commerce because they’re overwhelmed. This creates a wonderful opportunity for shippers to eliminate the middleman costs by considering the use of less-than-truckload freight options for e-commerce.

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Tai TMS Leverages Industry Expertise to Provide Brokerages with the Opportunity to Scale Growth

Parade

Maintenance tends to be much easier, and updates are sent out to customers in real-time via the web as a part of the package rather than paying extra for updates and waiting for them to be implemented on-site. Tools to Streamline both FTL and LTL Brokerages Tai has a lot to offer freight brokerages that handle both FTL and LTL business.

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Modern Ways Technology Provides Transportation Management & Freight Spend Visibility

Intelligent Audit

It has always been essential to have visibility into freight spending. Freight audit & payment (FAP) providers have long paved the way to gaining this visibility by looking at shipping invoices and breaking down freight spend. What Is Freight or Transportation Spend Management?

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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

Transportation has followed the same evolutionary pattern, moving upstream from day-to-day freight transactions to an integral component of top-level corporate planning and procurement strategy. Managing bid packages, for instance, can be time consuming and complex. Disaggregate freight spend data. Be demand driven.