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Retailers turn toward private fleets

Cathy Roberson

Transportation probably has never had a higher visibility and importance within companies," Gary Petty, president of the National Private Truck Council , told the publication FleetOwner. We launched this into the Phoenix market in Q1 2022, and we'll look to scale this in 2022.

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All Eyes Remain Focused on the Last Mile

Enterra Insights

In logistics, last mile delivery is defined as being the movement of goods from a transportation hub to the final delivery destination. ”[3] He continues, “Simply not delivering a package on time will dramatically increase the rate of returns, and poor last mile in e-commerce delivery can contribute to increasing logistics costs.

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Contracts, Cancellations, and Closures: Persistent Trends Leave a Pre-Peak Season Logistics Industry on Edge

Intelligent Audit

However, transportation management experts caution logistics providers not to get too excited. As the logistics industry reexamines capacity challenges ahead of the 2022 holiday shipping season, SupplyChainDive gathered a group of transportation experts to discuss how shippers should prepare for a potentially tough peak season.

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DeJoy Outlines Drastic USPS Network Overhaul

Multichannel Merchant

DeJoy, in outlining the steps during a recent presentation before the National Postal Forum in Phoenix, said the U.S. ” DeJoy said the USPS plans to close multiple annexes “that add cost, transportation, and foster inefficient and ad-hoc operations.” “These delivery units are in disrepair,” he said.

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The Most Advanced Logistics Industry Thanks To Technology

USC Consulting Group

Freight transportation is one of the most important industries to the health of the US economy. Recently, UPS and Waymo teamed up to pilot autonomous package pickup in the Phoenix Metro area. How might these affect the roles of workers in the sector, and what do we need to prepare for? Fleet Management.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

For grocers, the picker may choose either voice activation or browser-based devices to pick products for packaging on carts and for those carts to be marshaled into staging areas before being loaded for home delivery, “click-and-collect” store areas, or for “drive-through” models as used in mainland Europe. .

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Three Reasons Why I Love Hadoop, and You Should Too!

Supply Chain Shaman

Ecosystem Software– Apache Pig, Hive, HBase, Phoenix, Zookeeper, Impala, Flume, Oozie and Storm. In 2010, a vendor architecture evolved with Cloudera providing packaged Hadoop solutions and Hortonworks providing Hadoop IT services. Is this a sign of a looming recession or a transportation opportunity? Why Should you Care?