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This Week in Logistics News (February 25 – March 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

A central part of Amazon’s ultrafast delivery strategy is its network of warehouses that the company calls same-day sites. The facilities are a fraction of the size of Amazon’s large fulfillment warehouses and are designed to prepare products for immediate delivery. The company’s Supply Chain 3.0 billion.

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The Counter to Constant Supply Chain Volatility Is Pervasive Visibility and Industry Collaboration

Logistics Viewpoints

The surging Delta virus, devastating floods in China and Germany and cyber attacks on South African ports are amongst the latest in a series of events that continue to send shock waves throughout the system. And what is sitting in the warehouse. The impact? We should know how much product is sitting in the port of origin.

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Air Freight Explained: Calculating Costs and Price Trends

Freightos

International Air Freight Shipping: Definition. While 90% of everything is shipped by ocean, air connects the world faster, cutting China-US freight shipping time from 20-30 days by ocean to only 3 days by air cargo. International air freight and express freight shipments are not the same thing.

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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

Late 2021 saw Maersk continue to shift towards vertical integrations, with acquisition of Senator, a German freight forwarder for $644 million dollars. While Facebook is looking at virtual reality, Alibaba and Amazon are looking more at freight. More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report.

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3PL pick and pack to benefit retailers

20Cube Logistics

3PL providers handle all or several components of your supply chain, like warehousing, distribution, inbound freight, and outbound freight. 20Cube, for example, uses digital freight forwarding technology to provide insights into inventory management and distribution tracking. Benefits of 3PL for Your Supply Chain.

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How Freight Disrupted Itself: The View From Within A Changing Industry

Freightos

How Freight Disrupted Itself. In the last year, a new dynamic has begun to reshape the freight industry. Phil knows his (freight) stuff. In his PhD thesis he developed a product to secure ocean freight rates with financial derivatives. Declining Freight Rates. Suddenly the freight industry is not so opaque.

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Cross Docking 101: What, Why and How? [with case studies]

Unleashed

This removes the ‘storage’ element of warehousing logistics, and saves on costs, warehousing space, time and labour. In a cross docking system, goods are not stored onsite – making it different from warehousing Cross docking vs warehousing – what’s the difference? Why is cross docking used?