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Overcoming The Current Supply Chain Labor Shortage

ShipLilly

A Wall Street Journal article in April indicated that storage and warehouse operators had hired 8200 people in the previous month. These workers would be deployed in its order fulfillment and package delivery departments. Tom Derry of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) calls for a positive attitude to the labor market.

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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. Patrick Burnson is executive editor for Logistics Management and Supply Chain Management Review magazines and web sites. Article Topics. www.scmr.com.

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A New Year’s Resolution for Delivery Companies — Ending Porch Piracy

Morai Logistics

homeowners were victims of package theft in the last year. More Deliveries Means More Opportunities for Thieves to Ruin Someone’s Holidays. The growing number of package deliveries correlates to the continued rise of online shopping. Unfortunately, the number of delivery thefts has also grown.

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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

Logistics Viewpoints

Robots continue to be a larger part of global supply chains. Namely, we are entering the age of home delivery robots. One of the most difficult and expensive aspects of the supply chain is last mile and home delivery. But this article will focus on the home delivery robots.

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Amazon orders 20,000 Mercedes-Benz vans

247 Customs Broker

Related Articles. It’s a good time for 3PLs when capacity is tight and supply chains are speeding up. Sprinter vans will be used by the growing fleet of contractors making final-mile package deliveries. Chaos is good for third-party logistics providers. XPO nets former Amazon exec.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 17-21, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Now, moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon won a patent for an on-demand clothing manufacturing warehouse (Recode). JDA Unleashes New Levels of Supply Chain Visibility Across its Portfolio with TransVoyant. Airbus and Singpost testing last-mile drone package delivery (Straits Times).