Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Higher labor costs and lower package demand resulted in fourth-quarter sales and 2024 guidance that missed analysts expectations. UPS is seeking alternative strategies for its truck brokerage business, which has seen sales plummet amid a freight recession marked by declining rates and over capacity. The money is coming through the U.S.

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 1, 2022

Retail returns occur when a customer returns the purchased items to a seller in exchange for a refund, store credit, or a similar product. Returns come with plenty of challenges around logistics, inventory, and predicting volatile sales trends. 83% of consumers with a household income of over $100,000 report that returns are important.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2016

MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution. Marten Transport Ltd. Many shippers have effectively elected to toss to the wayside any talk of partnerships, relationships, cooperation, collaboration, etc. ,” the report read [emphasis mine]. Analysts at Stifel Inc. Hub Group Inc.,

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2022

Körber acquires enVista’s omni-channel and global freight audit and payment services. The two new prototypes are both based on the Hummingbird, which Wing says can carry about 2 pounds and has made hundreds of thousands of deliveries in Dallas suburbs, Virginia, Australia, and Finland. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2013

I went to Home Depot earlier this week to return a purchase, and the customer in front of me wanted to exchange a defective power tool with the same model, but he couldn’t find any on the shelf even though the store’s inventory system said 5 units were in stock. Ryder Announces New Transportation Solutions for Oil and Gas Industry.

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Turvo

MARCH 1, 2022

Transportation has become a critical aspect in the process, with shorter planning periods and the general goal of reducing pipeline inventory in the supply chain. A Standard TMS is a transportation management system, software that aids in the planning and executing shipment movement with greater ease and a high degree of automation.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Freight Shipments Rose 0.8% The service will begin in Los Angeles and New York on November 17, with plans to expand it to Dallas, New Orleans, Houston, Phoenix, and other cities next year. to Dallas,” the article reports, “[Mr. transportation trucking USPS' Pushes Omnichannel Focus ( Women’s Wear Daily ).

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