article thumbnail

Is the “shared economy” changing logistics?

Kinaxis

by Alvaro Fernandez Did you know it costs approximately $100 to send an envelope from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to Caracas, Venezuela? Granted, it’s not the budget-friendly cross-border air shipping service I dream about for my occasional need to send documents overseas, but I hope it might pave the way for it. New York to London?

article thumbnail

The Supply Chain Impacts of the Russian Attack on the Ukraine

NC State SCRC

Shipping from Ukrainian ports, an important corridor for grain, metal and Russian oil shipments to the rest of the world, has all but ceased. Biden is even talking to Venezuela! It has severed airways and land routes that had become crucial since the pandemic began gumming up sea trade.

Ukraine 52
article thumbnail

Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling & Logistics

TOMPKINS: Sellers today find e-commerce inventory allocation and replenishment to be challenging. WILL: Drone development over the past several years has resulted in a variety of applications and more recently use in the inventory and tracking of items in warehouses. The area of most waste was inventory.