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Bringing Order to Chaos: Last-Mile Delivery Costs and How to Reduce Them

Locus

Customer satisfaction and keeping costs in check rests on optimal last-mile delivery operations. Fuel costs: Last-mile fuel costs require careful management as they make up 25% of a truck’s operational costs over volatile price fluctuations. Step into the world of last-mile delivery, the unsung hero of the e-commerce world.

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GNB Industrial Power Wins Award For Innovation In Field Service

Logistics Business Magazine

Exide Technologies, a global provider of stored energy solutions, has won a ServiceMax award for innovation in providing field service to its clients. GNB won its innovation award in the category “ServiceMax – Keeps The World Running”. The awards were presented at the recent Maximize London event on 7–8 October.

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Why shippers care about reduced emissions in their network

FreightWaves SONAR

Aside from the implementation of automated technology and digital tools, one of the most significant shifts in the shipping and transportation industry focuses on reduced emissions. By not focusing on reduced emissions and eco-friendly operations, logistics managers and freight brokers often face several financial impacts.

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IFOY FINALIST FOCUS: SYNAOS IMS Vehicle Localization

Logistics Business Magazine

IFOY Category: Special of the Year. Innovation. SYNAOS IMS – Vehicle Localization, on the other hand, uses cameras and a technology called “visual odometry” This technology is known from the fields of robotics and autonomous driving and is applied in logistics for the first time according to SYNAOS.

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IFOY FINALIST FOCUS: e.scala by Stow Robotics

Logistics Business Magazine

IFOY category : Robot. The manufacturer stow robotics is coming to the IFOY TEST DAYS in Dortmund with a demo system of a classic goods-to-person shuttle system, which was transported from the truck to the test hall in one go. Description. Description. The area of ??application IFOY TEST REPORT.

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The Dispatch Report | Q3 2020, Issue No. 15

Shipchain

We put out the second video in our series focusing on the mobile app, released a new industry white paper, recorded and released our fourth webinar, won first place in the Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards, and last but certainly not least, launched Mainnet! Big things are happening, and we can’t wait to share them with you.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 2-6, 2017)

Talking Logistics

I’ll be doing both for the first time in a couple of weeks at Seminarium’s Logistics & Operations Conference 2017 (October 18th in Santiago, Chile). Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx and UPS (Bloomberg Technology).