Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

USPS slowing first-class package delivery to lower costs. Hasbro plans to further hike prices of toys, warns of $100 million Russia hit. The United States Postal Service will slow delivery times for a third of its first-class packages in an effort to cut costs and its dependency on air transportation amid financial struggles.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 25, 2022

Secondly, materials and products originating in Russia and Ukraine are now in short supply, as they are simply not moving out of those countries. But, right now, after five months of armed conflict in Ukraine, economies worldwide, especially those in Europe, are beginning to feel the effects. Trouble has arisen on three fronts.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

By the end of the decade, the company’s goal is to deliver 500 million packages a year by drone in cities, Amazon Prime Air vice president David Carbon told reporters. freight railroads have reported strong profits in recent years, helped by higher prices and steady business in transporting everything from automobiles to fertilizer.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

On top of the sanctions being announced by the Biden administration today on Russia, there are a lot of other crazy things going on in the logistics and supply chain sector, that are really driving the markets nuts… and people as well! Freight demand and rates are escalating. Here’s a few reasons why.

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Freight Plus

APRIL 22, 2021

With OPEC and Russia not increasing production output, the price of crude rose again, which directly impacts the price of diesel. With ongoing low inventories, increases in new orders, and a new stimulus package, manufacturing output is projected to remain strong for the coming months. .

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 6, 2023

DoorDash can now return your packages for you. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos boldly declared nine years ago that in just a few years, last mile drones would be delivering packages across the country to customer’s front doors. Or, you can type “package” into your search bar. And with that, let’s get to the news.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 29, 2021

Australia too sent immediate support package of ventilators, oxygen tanks and PPE Kits. Russia sent covid assistance in the form of oxygen concentrators and generators. Next step was inbound transportation while tackling issues as limited and volatile freight capacity, time pressure and difficult ETAs.

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Elementum

JUNE 30, 2022

Global supply constraints have come from (1) supply-side disruptions like China’s Zero-COVID policy and the Russia / Ukraine conflict and (2) from demand pressure as federal stimulus flooded the market with extra cash in 2020 and 2021. They forecast that this will cover 4 million US households and enable 1 million packages to be delivered.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 30, 2023

China tensions continuing to escalate and Russia at loggerheads with NATO and the West in general, President Yoon’s logical and impassioned hopes for a future of international harmony could be a long way from realisation. Pilot Freight Services’ purchase of LTL company American Linehaul Corp. But with U.S./China and RDI Last Mile Co.

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Instead, those films merely served as an excuse to feature freight trucks travelling at high speed and the widespread destruction of police cars and houses. He holds up a FedEx package for the Russian employees to see. From Memphis, America, to Nikolia in Russia in eighty seven hours. Eighty seven hours is a shameful outrage.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 16, 2013

I also worked with a team of leading thinkers in developing the Future of Procurement Report (published by KPMG) , as well as publish the BVL International Global Logistics Trends and Strategies report with a team of leading academics and executives in Europe, China, North and South America, Russia, and India.

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 7, 2022

Such strong forecasts mean one inevitable outcome for global carriers—raising rates to stay competitive and deliver the growing volume of packages. The new peak surcharges for FedEx Express parcel and freight services, effective March 7, 2022 , are as follows. FedEx Express International Shipping Surcharges. per pound or $1.50

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2018

This has already dramatically transformed the IT industry itself, as packaged software sold with one-time licences has become cloud-based services sold with a renewable monthly subscription. However, there is also a more fundamental change at work. Many former products have turned into services.

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