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How E-Commerce Companies Benefit from Using Freight Forwarders Beyond Courier Services

Dedola Global Logistics

While many e-commerce businesses often default to courier services for smaller or express deliveries, there’s an added dimension to logistics through freight forwarding. Freight forwarders manage the complexities of international shipping, including customs clearance and documentation, creating a smoother process.

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FedEx Works to Monetize their Big Data

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The better the forecast around demand and returns, the more the customer stands to save on shipping by injecting the package at the right time and place into the FedEx delivery network. For example, seven-day ground is cheaper than express deliveries. Trade documentation is needed for international shipments.

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Driven by international shipment and e-commerce gains, DHL opens up new Inland Empire facility

247 Customs Broker

Express delivery and logistics services provider DHL recently announced it has moved its Southern California-based service center in Ontario to a larger location in order to meet increase growth it is seeing in international trade and e-commerce. By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor ·. April 16, 2018.

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FedEx: Customer information exposed, not compromised

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Parcel and express delivery carrier FedEx Corp. ” . and international citizens. Seems like [the] bucket has been available for public access for many years in a row.

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DHL rolls out new Brazil-U.S. Medical Express Service

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Global express delivery and logistics services provider DHL announced last week that its DHL Express subsidiary rolled out a new offering geared towards pharmaceutical and clinical research sector shippers between the United States and Brazil. By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor ·. February 4, 2019. destinations in 24 to 48 hours.

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Leo Global Logistics March Forward on Their Award-Winning Path

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The application gives customers ability to book capacity for LCL service, document and express delivery service as well as trucks delivery service via smart phones and tablets. Furthermore, as a complete logistics service provider, Leo developed an inhouse mobile application called ‘Book LEOY.’

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This Week in Logistics News (April 3 – 9)

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air delivery product, which promises deliveries by 8 the next morning; its next-day air product, which guarantees deliveries by 10:30 a.m.; as well as the next-afternoon delivery product, known as Saver. In addition, UPS has reinstated money-back guarantees on a slew of international express delivery products.