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Overcoming The Current Supply Chain Labor Shortage

ShipLilly

There has been a void in logistics labor supply since 2020 and now it is time to think about filling it. Logistics offers employment for those workers that have been displaced in other industries. A Wall Street Journal article in April indicated that storage and warehouse operators had hired 8200 people in the previous month.

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2023 Small Parcel Rate Increases

3PL Insights

This article breaks down the new small parcel rates and the impact on shippers moving forward. International Out-of-Delivery-Area surcharges and International Out-of-Pickup-Area surcharges for International Express Freight and Parcel Services. Delivery and Returns surcharge will be assessed for FedEx Ground Economy Services.

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Maersk to Embark on “Transformational” Supply Chain Journey

247 Customs Broker

Moller-Maersk , the company intends to “transform” its logistics and supply chain model to compete with package delivery behemoths like UPS and Fedex. To that extent, Maersk has already made a celebrated move to partner with IBM to create an industry-wide blockchain-based trading platform. Article Topics.

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The Fifty Shapes of Amazon Logistics

Blue Grace Logistics

Companies like WholeFoods and Amazon are changing up their logistics goals in a big way, something that is likely to ripple through other similar industries. As e-commerce takes an ever-larger share of total retail sales, the strategy and execution of delivery networks will become the axis of success. “As

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Maersk’s “Transformation” Under Scrutiny

247 Customs Broker

Moller-Maersk, the company intends to “transform” its logistics and supply chain model to compete with package delivery behemoths like UPS and Fedex. To that extent, Maersk has already made a celebrated move to partner with IBM to create an industry-wide blockchain-based trading platform. Article Topics.

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Top 25 Supply Chains of 2018

Material Handling and Logistics

Our look at the Top 25 (plus 4) Supply Chains of 2018 examines how the best companies in the world excel at managing their global supply chains. One of the most popular articles we’ve ever done is our look at analyst group Gartner’s annual ranking of the Top 25 Supply Chains. Printer-friendly version.

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Amazon’s Freight (Train) Is Coming

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: This article is from Steve Bettwy , Vice President – Quality and Business Continuity, Operational Excellence, and Continuous Improvement at Direct Supply. I hope we can agree that Amazon will disrupt an industry if it wants to. Amazon could have its hands on $70B worth of the package delivery market.