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How Locally Grown Products are Disrupting F&B Manufacturing

QAD

Today, however, the trend is moving to packaged foods as well. Better for the environment due to reduced transportation costs and distances. Cereal manufacturers, for example, feature sports stars of teams that win championships, putting their faces on packaging and selling their products regionally. Strengthens the community.

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The MetroSpeedy Story with Nancy Korayim

The Logistics of Logistics

This along with a combination of other transportation methods allow them to navigate the dense metropolitan streets and offer their rapid fulfillment services. Their dedicated team enables local deliveries of small to medium-sized packages or goods efficiently and conveniently for businesses within dense metropolitan areas.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

According to a FedEx spokesperson, adding more robotics to its operations could help improve the safety and efficiency of FedEx package handling operations globally. These vehicles account for a large share of transportation-related emissions, but have not received as much regulatory attention as passenger cars.

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LTL Carrier Profile: UPS Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

Domestic Package, International Package, and Supply Chain and Freight. UPS is well known for it’s small package delivery business. Now, UPS has aggressively grown into freight and other transportation solutions through a series of strategic acquisitions. In 1975, UPS moved its headquarters to Greenwich, Connecticut.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

One Connecticut restaurant is taking a unique approach to combatting the labor shortage: robot servers. 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. According to data from Pitney Bowes, that push is paying off.

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

Supply Chain Cost Management Results: Deere & Company’s supply chain cost-management achievements included an inventory decrease of $1 billion, a significant reduction in customer delivery lead times (from ten days to five or less) and annual transportation cost savings of around 5%.