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What’s Next for The Freight Market with Chris Pickett

The Logistics of Logistics

Chris is the Chief Operating Officer at Flock Freight , a technology company that is on a mission to solve the US trucking industry’s wasted capacity problem. Its patented technology finds and fills underutilized trailer space so Shippers can save, Carriers can earn more, and goods can move terminal-free faster and more efficiently.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2023, Amazon experimented with new logistics strategies and technologies to quickly fulfill and deliver orders, and these changes paid off big. Amazon shipped last-minute Christmas gifts faster in 2023 than in 2022, according to data from analyst firm Momentum Commerce. products on the platform warned it would ship after Christmas.

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Understanding Inventory Tax: An eCommerce Merchant’s Guide

Ware2Go

Learn which states collect it, its impact on your business, how to reduce it, and how to leverage fulfillment technology to accurately track and control inventory. The states that currently tax inventory are: Arkansas Alaska Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Oklahoma Texas Vermont Virginia West Virginia.

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Supply Chain Market Report – July 2022

Elementum

We’ll also highlight emerging technologies that we believe can have an outsized impact on global supply chains. Suppliers will continue to ship orders in an effort to get the inventory off their books. Emerging technologies: drones taking flight Remember when drones were going to take over final-mile logistics? delivery fee.

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Hurricane Irma Updates

Elementum

Its rapid development from a tropical cone into a weather system the size of Texas continues to be a cause for concern. Tankers, container ships, and other vessels scheduled to arrive at Port Everglades will either be delayed or diverted. The weather system has already claimed two lives and injured at least another two people.