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This Week in Logistics News (October 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

UPS earnings rise as higher prices offset shipping slowdown. Earlier this week, Amazon and Hawaiian Airlines announced that the retail giant will use Hawaiian Airlines to fly its first Airbus freighters on primary cargo routes and to Hawaii beginning in the second half of 2023. Amazon to double Europe EV fleet by 2025.

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Vakil: chip shortage expected to last into 2023

Resilinc

On top of the semiconductor shortages, shipping congestion and port disruptions portend a chaotic holiday shopping season. Hawaii Foreign Trade Zone’s Trade News Weekly reported last week that Chinese ports are experiencing congestion even more severe than U.S. And that may not be soon enough.

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Risk Management Can Be a Competitive Advantage, Part Two

Enterra Insights

”[6] Recent events in Hawaii and California should be evidence enough that climate change is having an impact. … Aside from changing the physical elements of ports and infrastructure to protect against impending climate change, manufacturers can shift their own strategies to adapt.

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Cyber attacks on logistics networks are rapidly increasing

Resilinc

By compromising one software supplier—in that case SolarWinds, “Spies or saboteurs can hijack [the supplier’s] distribution systems to turn any application they sell, any software update they push out, even the physical equipment they ship to customers, into Trojan horses,” explains Wired in a recent post.

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Leveling the Playing Field for Small Businesses

Elementum

Leg Avenue, a provocative costume manufacturer based in Los Angeles, California, chose to partner with UPS after seeing the challenge in delivering a large volume of small packages. Companies can save up to $5 per package by processing their waybills electronically, as shipping companies charge up to $5 for these documents.

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Leveling the Playing Field for Small Businesses

Elementum

Leg Avenue, a provocative costume manufacturer based in Los Angeles, California, chose to partner with UPS after seeing the challenge in delivering a large volume of small packages. Companies can save up to $5 per package by processing their waybills electronically for shipping companies charge up to $5 for these documents.

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Why Warehouse Automation Matters: 7 Hidden Cost Leaks of Outdated Manual Processes

RFgen

Whether they’re used in the warehouse, on the manufacturing floor or in the field, manual processes have become untenable in today’s fast-moving, take-no-prisoners business landscape. One study by the University of Hawaii found that 88% of non-trivial spreadsheets contain at least one error. All should be digitally automated.