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Last Mile Shipping Success Requires a Holistic Approach

Talking Logistics

Not long ago, people would take a Saturday afternoon to visit a furniture showroom, sit on several couches, fill out an order form, write a check, and wait six to twelve weeks for the sofa to be shipped to the store. Two-day shipping standards for packages is impacting consumer expectations of large format deliveries.

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Managing a Third Party Logistics Partnership

The Logistics of Logistics

If you do not want to start at the 3PL as a contact customer with a SLA/KPIs, you can ship your goods and become a public account. Chuck specializes in Supply Chain Optimization, Third Party Logistics (3PL) and International Purchasing and Importing Consulting. Later, as you grow and gain experience, you can become a contract account.

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COVID-19: Bullwhip in Cheese Demand

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Revenues and profit at the delivery giant rose by double digits in the third quarter amid the pandemic-driven rush of online orders, the WSJ’s Paul Ziobro reports, but UPS’s main domestic business posted a sharp decline in profit on the higher costs of delivering all those boxes to homes. Forwarded this email by a friend? Sign Up Here.

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The Way to Real Time Supply Chain

The Logistics of Logistics

A new Bloomberg Business Week Research Services survey and report makes it clear that innovative supply chain tools are widely acknowledged to be crucial to meeting corporate goals now and in the future as supply chains grow more complex, customers become more demanding and globalization accelerates. He is certified as a C.P.M.,CPIM,

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Bipartisan Consensus on Chinese Threats: U.S. Must Build New Supply Chains with Allies

Resilinc

While the pandemic has given procurement managers fresh ammunition to advocate for greater resiliency within their corporate supply chains, geopolitical experts and a bipartisan coalition of legislators argue that the U.S. From ships to drones. This is alarming.”. It’s clear that the U.S. Sands pointed to the U.S.-Canada

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Revenue: JP¥ 1,829 billion/ $16.5

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Supplement Recall Creates Bad Press for Health Industry

RFgen

Health is a primary concern for consumers who purchase meal supplements and other nutritional products. CNN reported Garden of Life RAW Meal Organic Shake & Meal merchandise was linked to 11 cases of salmonella infection. Consumers want to trust the labeling on supplements. Supplement Recalls.