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This Week in Logistics News (January 11-15, 2016)

Talking Logistics

So let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon poised to take on UPS, FedEx in delivery business (Seattle Times). Pitney Bowes Expands Shipping Logistics Portfolio with Acquisition of Enroute Systems Corporation. November 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI).

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2 Signs That the Freight Recession Really Is Over

DAT Solutions

Higher prices out of Memphis and Columbus tell us that retail traffic is moving, and higher rates out of Dallas and Seattle show us that the improvement is far-reaching. Seattle to Spokane was up 20¢ to $2.70/mile. Beef and other meats shipping out of Dallas pushed rates up 20¢ on the lane to Columbus. That paid $2.19/mile

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California Freight Heats Up, Spurred By Hanjin Collapse

DAT Solutions

Hanjin Shipping recently filed for bankruptcy , and a number of its ships pulled into port last week, after a lot of delays and uncertainty. Hanjin is the world’s seventh-largest commercial shipping company, and it’s struggling to find the money to unload its ships. area, especially on eastbound lanes.

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How Important is 1% to Your Supply Chain?

BlueYonder

To give you a better idea of how a small error can have a huge impact, imagine a container ship navigating from China to Seattle with a compass that is off by 1 degree. At that setting, it would miss its intended port by over 100 miles – putting the container ship closer to Vancouver or Portland.

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Ocean Freight Routing Terms Explained

Material Handling & Logistics

This acronym stands for All Water Service, which is one of the most cost-effective ways to ship your cargo, and also one of the most eco-friendly ; however, it’s also one of the slowest forms of freight transportation. With AWS, your cargo will be shipped from the port of origin to its destination using only water routes.

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Customer Experience in Logistics: 4 Key Areas to Lay the Foundation

GlobalTranz

Events like claims and reclassifications are hard pills to swallow, but they’re a fact of shipping. Each of these different platforms captures part of the story, but for many organizations, they don’t share information back and forth, nor do they contribute data to a central place where it can be accessed.

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Omnichannel Logistics Solutions Takes the Supply Chain To The Next Level

GlobalTranz

In other words, someone had to scan and enter information physically. Essentially, information capture did not have to rely on the immediate availability of the internet, but it still benefited from it when available. Ultimately, eCommerce best practices , such as striving for two-day shipping, are no longer relevant.