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This Week in Logistics News (September 30 – October 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

Under the service, called Return a Package, an Uber driver will pick up sealed and prepaid packages at a customer location and drop them off at a local post office or FedEx Corp. Uber charges a $5 flat fee for up to five packages tendered at a time or a $3 fee for Uber One members. or UPS Inc. or UPS Inc.

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The State of Digital Freight: The 4×4 Blueprint for Freight 2020

Freightos

The journey to digitize freight, while initially off to a slow start, has gained momentum in the last two or three years. They’re licensed to be an ocean freight forwarder, and they’ve bought some aircraft and an airport; and of course they are a huge warehousing player. Online freight booking. They’re coming.

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Roundtable Series: Supply Chain Tactics for Winning in Europe

Unleashed

For southern Europe and Ireland they signed a distribution agreement with a firm that handles importing and logistics in those regions. Managing a European base comes with challenges As a strategy for minimizing freight costs, starting a warehouse in Europe makes sense for UK exporters. His advice?

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Delivery Drones are Taking Off! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

Recent years have seen a flourishing interest in the use of drone technology to deliver packages. Environmental Benefits The average truck delivery of a package creates about 1kg of greenhouse gas emissions. In this piece, we will look at how retailers and logistics companies could use drones to deliver parcels to customers.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

10 questions about Freight Spend Management. There are numerous ways a shipper can reduce freight spend. And freight costs are continuing to rise, pushed upward by factors such as globalized distribution and unpredictable fuel prices. This is an important aspect of managing freight spend. Guinea-bissau. Isle of Man.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

The company launched in Sydney in 2012 and has since expanded its global reach into New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, counting a total of more than two million users —with an employee count of just 209. There are many other instances of the shared economy within the supply chain domain, including the following: 1) Uber Freight.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 10-14, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Amazon will start penalizing sellers who ship unsafe packages to its warehouses, like leaky chemicals and unmarked aerosols (CNBC). DAT Freight Index: Spot Market Volumes and Rates Slip Lower in November. Labor Groups Call for Better Warehouse Working Conditions in New Jersey (WSJ – sub. will crash out of the E.U.