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Energy Efficiency Is Key to Better Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

This is where it gets tricky, according to Yossi Sheffi, director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. UPS has been working on the issue in Europe as these older cities present major challenges. UPS has tested this model in Portland, Pittsburg and Ft. Last-Mile Delivery. In the U.S., Lauderdale.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

From contractor controversies to rising fuel costs, logistics professionals across the transportation industry are turning to innovative solutions to persistent problems. According to reporting from Transportation Topics, the contract “ would give the aircraft mechanics a 3.3% Bio-Based Materials Present Solution to Plastic Pollution.