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How to Reduce Shipping Costs: 8 Effective Ways

Ware2Go

Customer expectations for shipping are higher than ever. Why Shipping Costs Matter. In today’s anything, anytime connected world, shipping costs and delivery speed have become make-or-break factors for small-and-medium sized businesses (SMBs) across the business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) spectrum.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. In fact, America’s true refund pioneer was born a century before Hsieh, on a farm in Oklahoma. The field is large and growing.

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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

As driver pay increases, so does the incidence of drivers jumping ship, switching companies for the next best payday. For as curious as many are over the potential of driverless vehicles, logistics companies need to get even curiouser about what’s driving their bottom lines. Curiouser and Curiouser. In a word, it’s data.

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Logistics Market Stays Flat as May Begins

Zipline Logistics

Currently, we are seeing little fluctuation in the domestic logistics market when compared to the past few weeks. . But the Logistics Manager’s Index skyrocketed from the end of Feb ruary through April. Zipline Regional Logistics Market Updates . Northeast Logistics . Midwest Logistics . 01 per mile.

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Package Theft Season is Here

Logistics Viewpoints

Eight US states have made package theft a felony: Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. Unfortunately, this does not always act as a deterrent, as Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee rank in the top 12 states for larceny per 100,000 resident.

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Alternatives to UPS and FedEx

The Logistics of Logistics

Pitt Ohio’s Ground service also specializes in shipping non-conveyable products (e.g., Lone Star Overnight primarily ships to Texas, Oklahoma, western Louisiana, and southern New Mexico, although it also ships to California and Mexico through its shipping partnerships.

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Alternatives to UPS and FedEx

The Logistics of Logistics

Pitt Ohio’s Ground service also specializes in shipping non-conveyable products (e.g., Lone Star Overnight primarily ships to Texas, Oklahoma, western Louisiana, and southern New Mexico, although it also ships to California and Mexico through its shipping partnerships.

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