Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2023

The collapse of a section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia will cause “major disruption” in the region just as the summer travel season begins, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said. Congratulations to the Las Vegas Golden Knights and Denver Nuggets. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

transportation capacity, with Jason Seidl , Managing Director at Cowen and Company, leading the conversation. Free shipping? According to the press release, “LMS delivers freight management solutions and transportation savings to a diverse customer base that includes Monsanto and several other Fortune 500 companies.”

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Enterra Insights

JULY 3, 2018

For congested metropolitan areas such as Seattle, the focus is actually on the ‘final 50 feet’ of those shipments.”[3] Designed to take advantage of vertical construction in space-constrained megacities, the new centers could be developed by public-private partnerships created to modernize distribution systems.”

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

”[1] Wikipedia defines urban agriculture more broadly to include “the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in or around urban areas. Food grown close to consumers reduces both transportation costs and food waste. ”[7] She goes on to note, “The cars are not cheap.

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

In other words, if your shipping your own goods, you’re competition. million square feet , if all of Amazon’s distribution and fulfillment space was laid out side by side, it would spread across a quarter of Manhattan. Let’s Talk About Boats, Ships, and Trucks. Amazon’s logistics hiring plans. The Global Logistics Footprint.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The question the maritime industry is now asking itself is to what extent the online retailer will also try to take greater control of transportation of shipments bound for Amazon warehouses. Taking greater control of shipments would give Seattle-based Amazon more flexibility and help it avoid possible congestion in its warehouses.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

The Seattle-based company did not go into details of its plans, but said it will “explore new ways to provide customers with faster service and delivery partners with more opportunities.” ” If you already have the resources available, in this case drivers and their vehicles, why not use them to the fullest extent possible?

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MIT Supply Chain

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

As the Wall Street Journal reported, Walmart is creating pop-up fulfillment centers by partitioning off parts of its distribution centers that usually handle palletized goods. Trucks are essentially moving warehouses and can be used in this capacity to distribute goods in urban centers.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Manhattan Associates Mobile Distribution Management Takes Center Stage at CSCMP 2015. Amazon Flex is available now in Seattle. Meanwhile, Cloud Logistics introduced its Same Day TMS program “designed to allow shippers to start shipping – and saving – the day they start the project.” July 2015 North American Freight Numbers.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Thanks to omni-channel distribution, 3-D printing, self-service logistics and other avenues of disintermediation, traditional supply chain roles are rapidly being transformed into all-new opportunities. Content Summary: Personal Mover Transports Employees around BMW Plant. Click here to read the full story. Printer-friendly version.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 14, 2021

One measure of this is the daily tally of container ships idling outside the congested ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — the entry point for about 40 per cent of goods imported into the US. Some large retailers, including Walmart and Costco, have resorted to chartering ships to deliver goods. That throughput is fixed in nature.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

FLEXE , Flexport and Convoy –three technology companies adding flexibility to the supply chain–,recently hosted the first Peak Logistics breakfast in Seattle, Washington. Basically, responsible for ocean freight carriers, ocean ships that rely on truck companies. More than half of Hanjin’s ships were chartered.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

There is much more to shipping rewards than throwing products in a box and slapping on a label. If you’re like a lot of small business startups, however, you might have forgotten to figure in fulfillment costs, including shipping and warehouse storage fees. After all, that geode science kit or spiffy new bicycle design is your baby.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 25, 2019

Here are some more details from the article: Amazon recently expanded its nascent home-delivery service, called Amazon Shipping, beyond test markets in London and Los Angeles. Amazon is also ramping up its ocean shipping capabilities. Amazon’s Pitch to Woo Shippers: Fewer Fees Than FedEx, UPS (WSJ – sub.

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Freightera

APRIL 28, 2020

BM: For society, the Physical Internet (PI) enables order-of-magnitude improvements in the efficiency, sustainability, security, trustability and resilience of supply chains, logistics, and freight transportation, all around the world, within each company and across industries. Indeed, Amazon has been hiring my graduate students.

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FLEXE

AUGUST 21, 2017

That, plus its 1,800 stores, will create a distribution network powerful enough to drastically improve its delivery promise to customers. 73% of shoppers want affordable, fast shipping, and 61% will abandon an online purchase if delivery fees are too high. At best, the option for fast shipping is dismal. In 2016, Amazon lost $7.2

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 19, 2021

Design for distribution is an often overlooked piece of the Supply Chain and my time with ModusLink taught me how integral this can be to overall cost and performance. Applying what I learned at ModusLink in design for distribution helped us reduce carbon footprint and saved over $1M a year in packaging reduction alone.

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Techgistics

JUNE 4, 2017

Amazon has had such a major impact on eCommerce, that I thought it would make sense to look back on some of their innovations that are directly or indirectly impacting logistics: Super Saver Shipping Super Saver Shipping was introduced in 2002 offering free shipping for orders over $25. Fast and free shipping raised the stakes.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

States and cities like Seattle are severely restricting use of driver contractors in port drayage and car services like Uber and Grubhub. Whether the cause is e-commerce growth, the tight labor market, or changing distribution models, inventories and carrying costs are rising. Package delivery companies are prime targets as well.

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FLEXE

AUGUST 22, 2017

That, plus its 1,800 stores, will create a distribution network powerful enough to drastically improve its delivery promise to customers.</p> Every member gets free, two-day shipping and, let’s be honest, free, same-day or next-day delivery isn’t far off. </p> billion</a> to delivery costs.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 7, 2015

.</p> <p>Given the steady rise of transportation costs and Global Point’s desire to keep costs low for their customers, they decided to look for new creative solutions for providing JIT shipping to customers. </p>

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GlobalTranz

JULY 21, 2015

Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland and Chicago have already moved to raise their wages and there are proposals for minimum wage increases across the country including in New York City, Washington, D.C. domestic parcels -- with identical rates and delivery times as if shipped from within the U.S. – and Mexican distribution needs.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 26, 2022

A freight bill includes a lot of information that requires the shipper to decide how transportation should be handled. How Freight Audit Data Analytics Provide More Insight Into Shipping Strengths and Weaknesses. The shipper saved money by zone-skipping the leg through Seattle for an additional 100+ pounds.

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