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Jack Ma predicts the future of logistics

The Logistics Academy

China now has largest express delivery industry in the world. Jack Ma isn’t an outsider in China’s logistics business, of course. The past ten years of express delivery development has shown off the power of startups, of people, and of innovation,” Ma said.

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Geek+ Robotics Highlighted at Annual Microsoft Gathering

Logistics Business Magazine

On stage, the Microsoft tech leader operated the Geek+ S20 intelligent sorting solution, demonstrating in real time how the sorting robot can adjust his course when encountering an obstacle (in this case a large teddy bear) thanks to an easily operated application platform operating the AI system.

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The End of the E-Commerce Hype Is Bad News for Planes

ShipLilly

Of course, that expectation could only hold if the upward trend in e-Commerce continued. Moreover, the smaller aircraft (that would have been better suited to carrying lower volumes for frequent express deliveries) are being converted to meet a demand that is simply not there. This represents a distortion of the business model.

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Is it Time for B2B Freight Providers to Learn From B2C?

Logistics Bureau

The third category of shopper sits somewhere in the middle, and while not wanting to wait several days to receive her purchases, is averse to paying a high delivery charge. . This type of customer will hence settle for paying a moderate fee to receive her purchases within three days.

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Plan for your organisation’s success in international e-commerce

247 Customs Broker

A recent webinar presented by DHL explores some of the ways that small and mid-sized companies can benefit from cross-border e-commerce, and how they can begin to plot a successful global course. Or that one out of every US$10 spent on cross-border e-commerce involves an express delivery option?

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Retail Supply Chains: The State of Play in 2021

Logistics Bureau

Instead of the familiar customer checkouts, dark stores house dispatch zones, where customer orders are assembled and configured for last-mile delivery , often performed by crowdsourcing logistics providers or conventional express-delivery companies.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

The most famous shortage, of course, was the toilet paper shortage, which was really more about a shift in usage and panic buying than production. air delivery product, which promises deliveries by 8 the next morning; its next-day air product, which guarantees deliveries by 10:30 a.m.;