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DHL Study Helps Develop New Strategies For the Last Mile

Logistics Manager

The white paper, Shortening the Last Mile found that the major urban trends all create various challenges in terms of cost, service impact and organizational strain. The post DHL Study Helps Develop New Strategies For the Last Mile appeared first on Logistics Manager.

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Distribution Center Robots: How Robots Continue to Power the Distribution Center

GlobalTranz

Spurred by the record-breaking growth of e-commerce and rising labor costs, robots can have a very positive impact in distribution centers when implemented correctly. Why Do Companies Fear Distribution Center Robots and Their Implementation? Anyone who has worked in a distribution center knows that exceptions arise constantly.

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Blockchain in Supply Chain: 2 Ethereum-Based Projects That Demonstrate How Blockchain Can Improve Supply Chains

GlobalTranz

WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Download white paper. Otherwise known as a distributed ledger, the automatic recording of data into the blockchain allows for cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum or Bitcoin to serve as way more than just a store of value.

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Why Returning to Stores Is the Ultimate E-Commerce & Omnichannel Customer Experience Play

GlobalTranz

GET YOUR FREE WHITE PAPER. DOWNLOAD WHITE PAPER. The responsibility of the company comes in when moving the product back to the distribution center or allocation to the brick-and-mortar store’s inventory. Unwanted items that are the result of gifts. Buyer’s remorse. Fraudulent returns. This is in contrast to 8.8

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Shippers Navigating an Evolving LTL Marketplace

Blue Grace Logistics

Case Study. Shippers have had to change their habits to cope with distribution network congestion, some of which may be influencing the decrease in consumer demand. Service levels are most impacted by distribution network congestion, which in turn is lowering shipper expectations. DOWNLOAD THE WHITE PAPER.

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Urban Logistics is Growing

Blue Grace Logistics

Couple that with the booming growth of online retail sales (e-commerce) and the last mile not only becomes a crucial element for distribution but it’s also a differentiator from the competition. In order to be more competitive, efficient, and an overall more successful company the DHL study suggests applying the F.A.D

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5th-generation energy for 5th-generation air power

Logistics in War

The National Strategy for Energy Security, developed by the United States Energy Security Leadership Council, offers a range of recommendations to counter the challenges created as a result of the current global security environment. d. Transform the domestic distribution section so that oil is no longer its primary fuel.