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MHI Annual Conference: Drone Applications in Supply Chain Beyond Package Delivery

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"Commercial Drone Interest is Exploding, While Applications Inside and Outside the DC Are Here Now, before Package Delivery". That was a part of the message during a couple of drone related presentations at last week's MHI Annual Conference near Tucson, AZ. -- SCDigest Editorial Staff. It wasn't different at the MHI Annual.

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Companies Cannot Transform Through AI Alone

Logistics Viewpoints

UPS dominated business and trade headlines for a day in late January when the world’s largest package delivery company announced plans to cut 12,000 full- and part-time management jobs as part of a new initiative called “Fit to Serve.” What stood out even more was the “subhead” of UPS’ announcement. He lives in Chicago.

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Penske Logistics Presents 2019 Third-Party Logistics Study: State of Logistics Outsourcing

Penske Move Ahead

A key complaint among consumers who choose home or office delivery is that packages become lost more frequently. Within the last mile of the supply chain, defined as the final steps of package delivery to a person’s home or business, exists an undervalued concept known as the last yard.

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Tighter Trucking Capacity Likely Ahead for Shippers

Penske Move Ahead

LeAnne Coulter, vice president of freight management for Penske Logistics, said she is seeing continued tightness, which the industry had been experiencing just before the Fourth of July holiday weekend. Plus, several industries—including grocery and retail—will hit an expected fourth-quarter surge.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 23 – 29)

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The company did not cite specific pay rates, but those wages may be as high as they are because UPS in July dodged a strike by boosting pay, under the terms of a five-year Teamsters Union contract covering some 340,000 warehouse workers and package delivery truck drivers. California Gov.

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Most Important E-Commerce Logistics Trends To Watch

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The e-commerce is changing and presenting online retailers with new and innovative ways of trading online. Online stores have played a great role in developing the entire industry. This proposes the question of what will be a trend in this industry in the future. How Surface Mode Shippers Can Compete in E-Commerce Logistics.

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Maersk to Embark on “Transformational” Supply Chain Journey

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According to published accounts of a presentation given to investors by Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk , the company intends to “transform” its logistics and supply chain model to compete with package delivery behemoths like UPS and Fedex. By Patrick Burnson, Executive Editor ·. February 21, 2018. February 21, 2018.