Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 29, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. In a blog post, Amazon said a combination of planes, trucks, ships, and delivery vans, along with staffed-up warehouses, has put it in a good position to “get customers what they want, when they want it, wherever they are this holiday season.” Apparently the past has arrived.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 5, 2018

Shyp is a startup that “picks up, packages, and ships anything at the best price, through major international carriers like USPS, UPS and FedEx, for business and everyday use.”. Shipping your shoes versus shipping your TV, it actually doesn’t sound like it makes a lot of business or financial sense. It doesn’t.”.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Black Friday Logistics: Brought To You By Ocean Freight. Even items that were traditionally reserved for air – like cellphones and other high-value items – are now occasionally shipped by ocean. The highest price for shipping any one unit (on a 50″ TV manufactured in Taiwan) was estimated at $20. zschreiber.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 29, 2016

Lots of supply chain and logistics news to get to this week, especially on the the technology front, so let’s go straight to it. JDA Empowers Customers to Transform their Supply Chains with New End-to-End Capabilities. JDA Rolls Out New Transportation Management Capabilities and Taps into Big Data to Enable Real-time Visibility.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

.”[1] Such areas sound idyllic; but, pedestrian only, limited traffic areas could create logistics challenges. A topic seldom raised in smart cities discussions is last-mile logistics (i.e., Cities failing to master the last-mile logistics challenge will never earn the “smart cities” label.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 1, 2014

In this week’s news… XPO Logistics to Acquire New Breed Logistics. Amazon to open five new warehouses in India (Reuters). XPO Logistics continues its roll-up strategy with its announced acquisition of New Breed Logistics this week for $615 million. E-Commerce Drives UPS 2Q Shipments Up 7.2

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Enterra Insights

MAY 1, 2018

Logistics providers probably look longingly on the days when the last mile of the supply chain primarily meant delivering goods to the store in which they were sold. ” During the glory days of the mail order catalog business, the United States Postal Service (USPS) was the primary last mile logistics provider. . ”[1].

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 11, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Intel turns to reverse logistics to create “circular economy”. MIT spin-off ISEE brings autonomous trucks to shipping yards. In a joint statement, Space Force and Air Force officials said “these new opportunities are expanding cargo capacity and dramatically reducing launch costs.”

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2014

It has also partnered with Sunline Express for extended service in New York City. Pitt Ohio’s Ground service also specializes in shipping non-conveyable products (e.g., The company offers same day and overnight delivery, including international shipping through a partnership with TNT Express.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2014

It has also partnered with Sunline Express for extended service in New York City. Pitt Ohio’s Ground service also specializes in shipping non-conveyable products (e.g., The company offers same day and overnight delivery, including international shipping through a partnership with TNT Express.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2014

It has also partnered with Sunline Express for extended service in New York City. Pitt Ohio’s Ground service also specializes in shipping non-conveyable products (e.g., The company offers same day and overnight delivery, including international shipping through a partnership with TNT Express.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Shippers are required to communicate verified weights in a shipping document. This is essential for carriers and logistics providers, who operate key components of the enterprise supply chain. Many have deployed cloud technology platforms to serve as an easy-to-use, transparent tool to facilitate bookings and shipping documentation.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

And last month, we witnessed the havoc that winter storm Jonas unleashed along the east coast , dumping more than two feet of snow in Washington, DC, New York City, and other major cities, leading to thousands of flight cancellations and gridlock on the roads.

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FLEXE

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

In this weeks episode of Logistics 2.0, we are introducing a new segment called “Tech Spotlight” The Tech Spotlight will be focused on innovative companies & products in the logistics, warehousing & supply chain management industries. Welcome to Logistics 2.0! The post Logistics 2.0:

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As a quick recap, a crowd of nearly 37,000 people flocked to the Javits Center in New York City to see what new solutions and innovations software suppliers had in store for 2023 and beyond. Instead, the returns are aggregated across merchants and shipped together to a Return Hub.

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Enterra Insights

JANUARY 14, 2020

.”[1] The Parcel Pending staff continues, “For retailers that have both an online and physical storefront, BOPIS is simply an additional shipping option that appears at online checkout. The second scenario is when an item is not in stock at a local store, but a customer still chooses to have the item shipped to that store.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

New spending records are expected for jewelry ($6.4 And now on to this week’s logistics news. New York City officials plan to turn six waterfront locations into maritime shipping hubs as a way to handle the booming number of e-commerce deliveries across the five boroughs. billion), flowers ($2.6

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Walmart in the news: Walmart dangles deeper gas discounts for Walmart+ members. Amazon announces new changes to inventory limits. XPO Logistics launched a Ship Net-Zero program, giving shippers the option to purchase carbon credits to offset emissions from shipments.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Shipping accuracy is now a critical part of the buying experience for shoppers. For eCommerce, retailers’ delivery promises need to evolve into faster, more affordable options and the logistics behind them have to match. The New Last Mile. In some cases, even two-day shipping is too long. Customers want both.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

It is easy to understand why strategy is often set aside to meet immediate needs of getting product shipped out the door. Large and mid-size shippers typically have procurement personnel but may lack coordination across shipping locations. Money power and strong-arm negotiation tactics only go so far. It is still a people business.

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 15, 2019

Logistics Management. “In It has been very beneficial for improving communications with carriers as well as internally to our own team,” said Janelle Ballerstedt, Sensata’s global logistics and TMS project lead. Congestion-related costs have ballooned in city centers as the demands of. parcel shipping. TMS technology.

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FLEXE

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

<p>In this weeks episode of Logistics 2.0, we are introducing a new segment called "Tech Spotlight" The Tech Spotlight will be focused on innovative companies & products in the logistics, warehousing & supply chain management industries. I'm Karl Siebrecht.

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AFFLINK

MAY 17, 2018

Driven by the rise of e-commerce, shipment volumes do increase dramatically from Thanksgiving to Christmas as A) companies ship more product to stores, and B) people buy more products as gifts in preparation for Christmas. Many of the biggest shipping days of the year fall during this period.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 19, 2020

Logistics? ? . Warehouses in New Jersey and New York are reopening in the next 10-20 days and we expect to see an increase in outbound volume as a result. . Midwest Logistics ? . Logistics? ? . Logistics ? . Shipping in or out of Alabama should be?back Rates have also increased.

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 28, 2014

Nine pallets of caps, gowns, boots, and masks are sitting at the JFK airport in New York City awaiting the next available flight to West Africa. By consolidating cargo from various shippers, freight forwarders reduce the cost of air shipment significantly from express services, which is important when shipping multiple pallets.

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Freight Center

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Fun fact: The Christmas tree variety selected for the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York City is a Norway Spruce from the village of Florida in Orange County, New York. Best Practices for Christmas Tree Shipping. Shipping real Christmas trees has its environmental perks. Making it Easy.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

How close is it to significantly disrupting logistics? Walmart is using Uber itself to “uberise” its home delivery network, but logistics operators could become “Ubers” in their own right, offering no-strings, one-off, whenever and wherever logistics services. The same argument might extend to logistics in general.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Thanks to omni-channel distribution, 3-D printing, self-service logistics and other avenues of disintermediation, traditional supply chain roles are rapidly being transformed into all-new opportunities. cities have launched Smart City Logistics innovations and protocols, following the lead of Europe and Asia. ?

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Locus

APRIL 24, 2023

But did you know that many others were a part of the logistics industry in some way like warehouse workers, courier managers, bike messengers, and truck drivers? Let’s go through the twelve celebrities and their logistics connection. Today, last-mile logistics has become expensive, daunting, and complex for enterprises.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 16, 2017

A few weeks ago on Talking Logistics, I spoke with Frank McGuigan, President and Chief Operating Officer at Transplace , about a variety of transportation trends, including the emergence of Uber as a logistics service provider. What impact is Uber having on the logistics market?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

Last week I attended the annual National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show in New York City. This year, nearly 40,000 attendees comprising 6,200 brands from all over the world headed to the Javits Center to see what new solutions and innovations software and hardware suppliers had in store for 2024 and beyond.

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Supply Chains Rock

MARCH 16, 2010

After going downtown I found a shop that produced t-shirts right in New York City. Not only does buying local help the local economy you are also reducing your carbon footprint, since Made in China means it needs to be shipped to you. About.com - Martins Logistics Blog. EU Logistics Hub Blog. SCM Blogroll.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 17, 2022

Across the United Kingdom , all eyes are on a threatened work stoppage involving dockworkers at the Port of Felixstowe , the country’s largest container shipping port. Bloomberg reported that shipping lines such as Maersk have already announced contingency plans for vessels e=scheduled to call on Felixstowe. percent in July.

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ThroughPut

MARCH 3, 2020

Somehow, though, even with two parents in the medical field, the Oil & Gas industry recruited me first, and I ended up becoming a field operations engineer working across onshore, offshore, and warzone logistics & chemical manufacturing operations. So I took a red-eye flight from New York City to Tokyo.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 17, 2022

And now on this week’s logistics news: Amazon says it will launch drone deliveries this year. UPS tests tiny battery-powered cycles in congested cities. US House passes ocean shipping bill to allay export backlogs. UPS said a trial run is focused on New York City and in several cities in Europe.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The Staten Island facility, known as JFK8, is Amazon’s largest in New York and now has the distinction of being the first in the US to unionize by voting in the Amazon Labor Union. The post This Week in Logistics News (April 2 – 8) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2017

I’ll be doing both for the first time in a couple of weeks at Seminarium’s Logistics & Operations Conference 2017 (October 18th in Santiago, Chile). Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx and UPS (Bloomberg Technology).

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