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Listening to the Voice of the Warehouse Worker –5 Factors Impacting Employee Attraction and Retention

Logistics Viewpoints

Workers also have specific ideas of tools their companies need to implement, beginning with data capture and scanning tools (63%), conveyor systems (48%), and voice-directed tools with headsets (46%). billion in 2026, representing 30 percent growth per year. Make tech training a core part of the operation.

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3 Statistics Showing Truck Driving is a Wise Career Choice

United World Transporation

Additional industry sources say that that number is expected to grow to 174,000 drivers by 2026. Some of the deciding factors might be what pay, health benefits, and safety training they offer. But, there is no data to support an imminent threat from automation, and self-driving trucks does not mean completely driverless.

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The Myths and Benefits of Using a 3PL: Evaluation Criteria to Consider

Turvo

report found that the global 3PL market would surpass $1,800 billion by 2026. 3PLs have experience and resources that help them to easily guide manufacturers through new cybersecurity regulations around data privacy and they can also serve as a sounding board to test the waters and detect any security issues sooner rather than later.

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

Billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 9.28% from 2019 to 2026. – Third-Party Logistics Study, 2022, NTT Data. Third-party logistics study, 2022, NTT Data, Consumers have high expectations on deliveries like free and fast shipping. Global Last Mile Delivery Software Market was valued at USD 5.38

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When it comes to the truck driver shortage, ‘the struggle is (still) real’

247 Customs Broker

Yes, carriers are aggressively, and smartly, raising driver sign-on bonuses, and providing financial aid options for potential drivers to attend driver training schools to get them their CDL licenses, among other things. Data points from the American Trucking Associations (ATA) support that struggle thesis, too.

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Fighting for space

Automotive Logistics

In June, it started a new intermodal train connection with Bologna, in Italy, working with Bologna Interporto and C. The train has a capacity of 34 ITUs (intermodal transport units) and once in Zeebrugge, cargo units can be loaded onto various short-sea services to the UK and Scandinavia.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 28 – June 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

Ship brokers and consultants estimate about 12 percent of the world’s boxships are stuck outside congested ports for weeks longer than normal, and inland distribution—especially in the US—is still hampered by a lack of trains, truck drivers and limited warehousing space. s CargoNet.