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This Week in Logistics News (June 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

small businesses, from bodegas to florists, to deliver its packages by the end of the year. small businesses, from bodegas to florists, to deliver its packages by the end of the year. Participating businesses deliver an average of 30 packages a day for seven days a week, excluding major holidays.

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Touchless Black Friday

Enterra Insights

But the truth is that Black Friday owes its name to the Philadelphia Police Department, which did not have profitability in mind.”[1] In the middle years of the twentieth century, the scene was often particularly bad in Philadelphia, where the annual Army-Navy football game was regularly played on the weekend after Thanksgiving.

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Key learnings from Supply Chain Insights’ Global Summit

AIMMS

It was a pleasure to attend this month’s Supply Chain Insights Summit in Philadelphia. New features and capabilities are expected as part of the package – much like you’d expect Netflix to constantly refresh their content offering. . They consider simplicity crucial to foster self-enablement.

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Small Parcel Shipping: Best Practices for eCommerce Merchants

Ware2Go

Also referred to as light freight or parcel package delivery, small parcel shipments usually weigh less than 70 pounds, can be lifted without assistance, and are shipped in businesses’ own packaging or carrier-supplied boxes. One way to minimize shipping costs is understanding the differences between small parcel and freight delivery.

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Key learnings from Supply Chain Insights’ Global Summit

AIMMS

It was a pleasure to attend this month’s Supply Chain Insights Summit in Philadelphia. New features and capabilities are expected as part of the package – much like you’d expect Netflix to constantly refresh their content offering. They consider simplicity crucial to foster self-enablement.

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Congratulating the Supply Chains to Admire Winners

Supply Chain Shaman

This includes Apple, Broadcom, Cummins, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Herman Miller, Honeywell, L’Oreal, PCA (Packaging Corporation of America), TJX, Ubiquiti Networks, and Western Digital. For more on this, please attend the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 4th-7th in Philadelphia.

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Key learnings from Supply Chain Insights’ Global Summit

AIMMS

It was a pleasure to attend this month’s Supply Chain Insights Summit in Philadelphia. New features and capabilities are expected as part of the package – much like you’d expect Netflix to constantly refresh their content offering. They consider simplicity crucial to foster self-enablement.