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Shipping Heavy Freight:  Four Functions You Should Ask a Fulfillment Center To Help With

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Once upon a time, most people would have thought twice before ordering furniture, a piece of exercise equipment, or a kitchen appliance online. Today, such heavy freight orders are commonplace.

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DoorDash Launches Monthly Subscription Service for Unlimited Food Deliveries

Bringg

With rising costs of fuel and driver salaries on the rise, the initiative could become a costly exercise. Amazon, for example is able to offset some of its financial losses on their delivery operation ( $7 billion in 2016! However, can this strategy be sustainable and profitable in the long term?

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Building Brand Loyalty with Last-Mile Logistics

Morai Logistics

In 2016, McKinsey found that nearly. Since 56% of customers exercise brand loyalty toward companies who “get them”, this should propel supply chains to invest in innovative last-mile delivery solutions. As mentioned above, today, almost 90% of surveyed customers would opt to pay extra for same-day shipping.

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An Optimistic Outlook for the LTL Market

Blue Grace Logistics

in second quarter 2016. Some truck carriers have introduced last mile delivery services for items such as exercise equipment, mattresses, and furniture. As a result, some truck carriers such as JB Hunt, Estes and Werner have introduced last mile delivery services for items such as exercise equipment, mattresses, and furniture.

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Large Shipping Losses Have Declined 38% over Past 10 Years

Material Handling and Logistics

and China conducting naval exercises. Attacks in the Philippines more than doubled from 10 in 2016 to 22 in 2017. Already a key route for east-west trade from China, South Korea and Japan and accounting for one-third of global shipping trade, the South China Sea is also the cause of territorial disputes between several countries.

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Freeports and Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

Recommended back in 2016 by jubilant Leavers as a future benefit for a newly-sleek Brexit Britain, they continued to grab the headlines this summer as part of the Conservative leadership battle. Are there clear benefits to the UK logistics sector in the opportunity provided by freeports?

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5 Recommendations towards a Resilient S&OP

Logistics Viewpoints

In the research conducted by Supply Chain Insights , only 35% of the respondents rated their S&OP process as effective or extremely effective in 2019 compared to 65% for the same in 2016. Does this mean at some point in time we move on from S&OP? One off recommendations are made about facility locations (i.e.,