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Insights for Developing, Executing, and Monitoring your Parcel Freight to Meet Demand

CH Robinson Logistics

Customers now expect reliability, speed, and convenience in their small parcel delivery experience and a company’s ability to meet those expectations can even be a source of differentiation. Developing the right strategy and executing it well has numerous benefits for both you and your customers.

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Retail Supply Chains: The State of Play in 2021

Logistics Bureau

Some have hit on the right strategies and are thriving in the new normal, and others are struggling. It was perhaps fortuitous that Target began implementing a strategy to focus on fulfillment from stores back in 2019. I have perhaps made much of the ship-from-store strategy pursued by Target, but its influence is significant.

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Risky Strategies Increase the Rate of Container Losses Amid Transit

ShipLilly

The comparative statistics of the 30th of November 2020 against the 31st of January 2021 indicate a dramatic spike in just two months. To meet the demand, shipping companies are stacking large quantities of cargo on increasingly narrow equipment. For example, by the third week of February 2021, only 943 had been unloaded from ONE Apus.

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Peak Season 2021: What to Do Now to Secure the Supply Chain

Forto

Major calendar events are – quite literally – casting their shadows ahead for the supply chain: Golden Week in China, Black Friday and Cyber Monday on November 26 and 29, and of course Christmas holidays and also Chinese New Year are already just a few logistics steps away. Everything new in 2021? Golden Week.

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Xpediator takes warehouse space in Roosendaal

Logistics Business Magazine

Xpediator has also agreed to take 6,500 pallet spaces in a partner warehouse for 12 months also in Roosendaal, from March 2022, to meet existing Delamode International Logistics customer demand, with the option to increase to 15,000 pallet spaces. The lease will bring much needed space to meet customer demand.

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Year of the Supply Chain

CH Robinson Logistics

In 2021, for the first time in all of my years working in this industry, the global supply chain was at the forefront of virtually every conversation. In 2021, we intentionally worked on creating a more inclusive environment at C.H. Moving the World Forward. As we turn the calendar to 2022, I am excited about what lies ahead.

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Cold Storage Warehouse Fire Safety

Logistics Business Magazine

Of course, the issues are further compounded by the fact that modern technology now means that an increased number of warehouses are automated almost 24 hours a day, meaning very few or no personnel are on site. The best way to save lives of course, is to ensure automatic fire detection is in place, across your entire cold storage facility.