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Peak Shipping Season: A Review of Trends from the 2018 Holiday Peak Season

GlobalTranz

We will delve into what will set third-party logistics providers apart in the coming year, and what to expect as e-commerce continues to merge with brick-and-mortar retail. We will turn over each stone and consider how innovative technology will shape the future of shipping and logistics. Meanwhile, inventory levels rose 3.6

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Seeing Supply Chain Visibility through Different Lenses

Bristlecone

It was the uncertainty of whether the product would be available that drove my purchase decision. Ensuring my order would be included in the earliest shipment that the distributor was planning to make from Seattle to the Oakland warehouse. New sources of revenue and increased staff productivity await logistics service providers.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon announces new changes to inventory limits. USDA funding supports Port of Oakland pop-up container yard. It includes free shipping of online purchases, free grocery deliveries to the home for orders of at least $35, prescription discounts and other benefits.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Trucker protests shut down Port of Oakland terminals. Körber , an international technology group, has signed an agreement to purchase enVista’s platform of Enspire Commerce omnichannel solutions, including its order management system (OMS), and its freight audit and payment (FAP) service.