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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

It also helps with training and monitoring delivery drivers in safety and performance, managing assets and resources, and analyzing the efficiency of logistics operations. Some companies expect to cut ocean-freight rates by half or more, which in turn could allow retailers to slow or stop price increases for goods. That’s down 28.4%

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Tale as Old as Time: Logistics Innovation Vs. Tried-and-True Strategy

Intelligent Audit

Postal Service struggle to keep up with innovative strategies from retailers like Walmart and Amazon. While the old guard focuses on labor issues and struggles with an ongoing worker shortage, retailers and e-commerce businesses are building supply chain strategies to tackle the latest industry challenges.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 10 2023

Supply Chain Matters

In its reporting, Bloomberg indicated that Amazon has long practiced a strategy of taking stakes in business areas deemed a priority including a grocery chain, cargo airlines, EV powered parcel vans and others. OCEMA”) , an industry association consisting of 10 major international container shipping companies.

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Top 5 Markets for Dynamic Warehousing Demand

FLEXE

Many retailers and wholesalers are recognizing the need to expand their warehouse networks, so they can locate products closer to customers, compete with Amazon and establish more competitive omni-channel strategies. Or, you might think of Louisville and Memphis, where UPS and FedEx have their largest shipping hubs.

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Top 5 Markets for Dynamic Warehousing Demand

FLEXE

<p>Many retailers and wholesalers are recognizing the need to expand their warehouse networks, so they can locate products closer to customers, compete with Amazon and establish more competitive omni-channel strategies. Or, you might think of Louisville and Memphis, where UPS and FedEx have their largest shipping hubs.

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CargoBarn triples Atlanta footprint as supply chain woes spur growth

CargoBarn

Pioneering technology drives added expansions in Dallas, Jacksonville and Fresno. We create shipping solutions you don’t have to think about, giving every shipper a positive experience.”. CargoBarn’s offices in Dallas, Jacksonville and Fresno also are expanding. CargoBarn was founded in Fresno, Calif., Pioneering Technology.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

Kinaxis

Going up the coast in Jacksonville, FL, there is a huge port that receives the second-most automobiles in the US along with all types of cargo. As if the situation wasn’t bad enough, Hanjin, the huge shipping company, was already in bankruptcy as of early September and putting a delay in the arrival of goods well before the hurricane.