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Mastering Profitable Omni-Channel Logistics, Despite Disruptions

Logistics Viewpoints

Navigating an Increasingly Challenging Logistics Landscape. These e-commerce trends are placing increasing pressure on logistics teams to keep up with demand volatility, provide incredibly fast delivery, and reliably fulfill all their promises to customers and consumers. The next step?

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How Cargo Theft Stole Christmas

Logistics Viewpoints

I found a very detailed definition on the Texas Department of Public safety website. California topped the list of states with the most reported cargo thefts, followed by Texas and Florida. The ongoing supply chain disruptions mean that cargo theft is likely to continue at higher rates.

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Emergency Freight: What Harvey Tells Us About Irma

DAT Solutions

Less than ten days after Hurricane Harvey, trucks are already moving freight out of Houston, with almost the same volume as before the storm. Harvey hit Houston on Friday evening, August 25, and hung over the metro area for days, dumping more than 50 inches of rain on Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana. It's just not safe.

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Retail Returns: The Key to Driving Business Growth

ToolsGroup

Returns come with plenty of challenges around logistics, inventory, and predicting volatile sales trends. With major brands (such as Target and Walmart) facing record fuel prices, unanticipated changes in consumer spending habits, and other supply chain disruptions, many retailers are now facing an inventory glut.

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The New Normal: Falling Rates and Improved Efficiency Set New Standards for Shippers

Intelligent Audit

As the logistics industry continues to recover from pandemic-era supply chain disruptions, shippers are adjusting quickly to the expectations of a new normal. With peak season approaching in a dynamic logistics industry, here is a weekly roundup of news and trends shaping global supply chains.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 22 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon has launched Amazon Air , its dedicated air cargo fleet, in India as the e-commerce giant bulks up its logistics infrastructure in the key overseas market where it has deployed more than $6.5 India is the third market where Amazon has launched its freight service.

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Supply Chain: Interrupted. A recap of our recent webinar on disruptions and trends from the first half of 2021

Resilinc

In a recent webinar on the state of risk and trends in supply chains, Resilinc CEO, Bindiya Vakil, and Director of Supply Chain Risk Consulting, Hirra Akhtar, described how aftershocks arising from the pandemic continue to disrupt supplies and logistics, and that these disruptions will continue well into 2022.