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LTL Carrier Profile: UPS Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

Now, UPS has aggressively grown into freight and other transportation solutions through a series of strategic acquisitions. The latest addition to this portfolio includes LTL and truckload freight services, which complements UPS’s global capabilities to provide customers a single source for multiple modes of transportation.

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What About Them Apples?

Supply Chain Shaman

A shortage of pharmaceuticals in Puerto Rico. I worked for a software company for almost a decade and implemented demand management solutions in the 1990s for multiple companies. Test new solutions against the traditional demand sensing providers of E2open (Terra Technology), SAP and ToolsGroup. One thing is clear.

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7 Steps to Weatherproof Your Supply Chain for Extreme Weather

Resilinc

Take this example: when category 5 Hurricane Maria was approaching Puerto Rico in 2017, suppliers and critical FDA-regulated materials were threatened. With this visibility, our customers initiated a dual-sourcing effort to secure supplies ahead of time. One customer in particular successfully secured $1.5

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Mindmap for Supply Chain Execution 24/7

Supply Chain Movement

Together with Consafe Logistics, a supplier of supply chain execution software, Supply Chain Movement has created this Supply Chain Execution Mindmap to outline the route, including road signs indicating potential hazards along the way. >>Please Puerto Rico. Northern Mariana Islands. Palestinian Territory, Occupied.

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Mindmap High-Tech Supply Chain 4.0

Supply Chain Movement

Puerto Rico. The way by which consumers purchase, use and share technology is changing rapidly. The sourcing department is challenged by increasing compliancy issues. Supply chain solutions. Northern Mariana Islands. Palestinian Territory, Occupied. Papua New Guinea. Philippines. Russian Federation. Saint Helena.

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Last-Mile Success - Closer and Faster

Cathy Roberson

Many retailers were slow to invest in required technologies until 2020 when the COVID pandemic temporarily forced physical stores to close and/or limit hours of operation, e-commerce purchases jumped, and last-mile delivery providers struggled to deliver goods on time to consumers. Costco, for example, acquired Innovel Solutions in 2020.

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FedEx Implements Increases in Ground Fuel Surcharges as Other Carriers Keep Rates Static

Intelligent Audit

Domestic and US-to-Puerto Rico package services under FedEx Express will see a 1% increase, up from 7.5% Increase Accountability in Your Network With the Right Data Analytics Solution. That all begins with using a single source of truth for understanding your logistics data.