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New Shipping Operations Ideas Bring Fresh Air to Stale Strategies

Intelligent Audit

As businesses struggle to find efficient return strategies for the growing e-commerce sector, delivery giant UPS and online furniture retailer Overstock.com are working toward a solution. sustainability strategies. The post New Shipping Operations Ideas Bring Fresh Air to Stale Strategies appeared first on Intelligent Audit.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

Demand for ocean freight was lower than anticipated, and Hanjin Shipping, another top ten ocean liner, was already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. So three months after an executive meeting on June 23rd , an updated strategy was released, tracking a radical shift into a slimmer Maersk, focused on providing end-to-end logistics services.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

In August, Amazon instituted limits on shipments from third-party sellers that use its fulfillment service to package and ship orders, known as Fulfillment by Amazon. In the end, individual states oversee deciding where vaccines will be shipped. For third party sellers on the Amazon platform, this is an especially stressful time.

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Tesla Raises Pay Levels for California Production Workers

Supply Chain Matters

Reportedly, labor unions within Denmark , Norway and Finland , along with Sweden , rallied around the IF Metall labor union. We cited a published New York Times report regarding Tesla Swedish vehicle repair workers who were striking for higher wages and improved working conditions.

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3 Uses of IoT Tech Spurring Sustainability in Supply Chains

GlobalTranz

In the shipping and manufacturing industries, that same “worldwide web” is now being deployed to encourage more energy-efficient operational and communication strategies for a low-carbon economy, thanks to IoT Tech. The Internet has already transformed the way individuals interact, make choices, and process information.

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Logistics Responses to Europe’s Migrant Crisis

TMC

For example, early in the new year, Denmark tightened its border controls with Germany, after Sweden had imposed similar measures [2]. And as the recent action taken by Denmark underlines, governments are apt to impose new restrictions that can make border crossings more complicated. The service carried some 1.5

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15-19, 2013)

Talking Logistics

New e-commerce strategies threaten UPS, FedEx ( Reuters ). As I’ve commented in previous postings, if you are a 3PL or transportation company and you’re not involved in cross-border shipping with Mexico, then you are missing out on a growing business opportunity (see Reuters article from December 2012).