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What’s Up With That?  Breaking Down The USPS Parcel Rate Increase (And New Zone Shipping Policy)

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

In late January, 2019, the United States Postal Service (USPS) rolled out some of the largest rate increases in its history. Some increases, like the 10% jump in the price of a First-class stamp, pertain primarily to individuals. But others, like the move to zone-based pricing for First-class Package Services, have major implications for eTailers that sell and ship lightweight items.

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The Future of Logistics is Racing toward the Last Mile

Material Handling and Logistics

Companies must be constantly ready to adapt their supply chains to reflect changing market conditions and customer demands.

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Congress tries again to help younger truckers obtain CDL

Fleet Owner

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate and House introduced the DRIVE-Safe Act, giving drivers under the age of 21 a faster path to interstate trucking.

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A Win-Win for Fleet Owners and Shippers

Kuebix

Right now in the industry there are approximately 10 orders to ship for every available truck. Conversely, there’s a large portion of private fleets that are running their assets with a significant amount of empty backhaul miles. At Kuebix, we don’t think it makes sense for there to be a capacity crisis at the same […]. The post A Win-Win for Fleet Owners and Shippers appeared first on Kuebix.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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How AI tech is protecting fleet equipment

Fleet Owner

First there were trucks, then trucks got computers—followed by lots more computers, sensors, and processors of various kinds. The potential to measure, connect, improve, and protect fleet operations exploded. But achieving real gains from all the data could take prohibitive time and effort. Here to help fleets kill the busywork and guesswork is ever-sharper artificial intelligence.

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Are you tracking and measuring operational efficiencies?

Fleet Owner

Improving operational efficiencies can reduce costs, but it needs to be tracked and measured to ensure your organization's peak performance.

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Accenture offers up take on e-commerce supply chain challenges

Logistics Management

The rapid growth of e-commerce is driving deep changes in our industry, from tightening up trucking capacity to elevating the importance of final-mile delivery processes. To respond, supply chain managers now need to leverage diverse systems, thereby making processes more efficient.

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Improve performance and customer service with connected trucks

Fleet Owner

The operating cost of a work truck can far outweigh the acquisition cost based on maintenance, repairs, fuel economy, and more. Knowing where vehicles are in relation to customers’ needs is vital. With today’s technology, there’s no reason to be out of touch with your fleet of trucks.

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Preparing For Domestic Business Shipping

GlobalTranz

There may be nothing more important for the success of a typical business in today’s environment than logistics. Customers expect a baseline level of service that only a generation ago would have been considered white-glove, premium attention. Next-day shipping or even same-day shipping is becoming the norm, not the exception. If a customer is told.read More.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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Additive Manufacturing Has Both Potential and Challenges

Logistics Viewpoints

Deutsche Bahn believes that additive manufacturing will result in high savings - in the multi-digit million range - in warehousing and spare parts procurement. Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is of the upmost importance for Deutsche Bahn, especially in the management of spare parts for older trains. But an international conference on this subject also pointed to the challanges of using this still immature technology.

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FourKites: Improved AI algorithm narrows delivery windows

Fleet Owner

FourKites announced the release of a new DynamicETA algorithm that the company said can better predict freight delivery times.

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Putting Your Data to Work

Supply Chain Brain

If your CEO or CIO were to ask you how you are helping your organization use data to your advantage, what would you say?

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TMS for Global Parcel Shipping

Material Handling and Logistics

Logistyx Technologies has introduced TME 3.0, a transportation management system (TMS) specifically designed for parcel shipping.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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Why Transportation Procurement is More than an Event

Talking Logistics

Sometime in the last half of 2018, the transportation market began to soften. In what felt almost like overnight, finding capacity wasn’t as much trouble as it had been for so many long, challenging months. Spot rates began to decrease a bit. The phones started ringing again with carriers or brokers offering their services. The shift began, and in procurement we saw an increase in bid activity that has continued into 2019.

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The Retail-Logistics Revolution

Now, That's Logistics

How supply chain and logistics are providing competitive differentiation points for retailers as they look for new ways to stand out in the marketplace. The nation’s retailers are changing their business models to adapt to changing consumer preferences. As part of that mission, stores are using flexible logistics and transportation approaches that lead to more streamlined, efficient supply chains.

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Backhaul Capacity Match

Material Handling and Logistics

Kuebix has introduced FleetMAX, a program designed to fill the empty backhauls of private fleets and offer truckload capacity to the marketplace.

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3 Costly Shipping and Fulfillment Blunders and How to Avoid Them

Ottawa Logistics

Logistical options for shipping and fulfillment have expanded with the rapid growth of e-commerce, cloud, and mobile computing solutions. While this growth has created many opportunities for small and large businesses alike, it’s also raised the standard with consumer expectations. If modern enterprises fail to plan accordingly by upgrading and streamlining existing systems, costly blunders could stifle future growth.

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What Your Order Management System Should Be Doing

To continue scaling your omnichannel business, you need to manage a lot of orders across a lot of different channels and marketplaces. Some brands do this by hand. Some try to force their ERP to manage it. Others rely on a complex system of cross-referencing the dashboards of their various channels. None of these is an effective or sustainable solution.

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The Other Half of Your Net Landed Cost of Goods

Logistics Management

In this whitepaper from Logistyx, The Other Half of your Net Landed Cost of Goods, you’ll learn how leveraging a TMS for parcel shipping can help you achieve on-time delivery in full while reducing parcel shipping costs.

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[PODCAST] Blockchain in Shipping & Freight: A Pragmatic & Frank Discussion

GlobalTranz

Listen to “The Application of Blockchain in Shipping & Freight: A Pragmatic & Frank Discussion” on Spreaker. Blockchain and The Digital Supply Chain Resources to Download Learn more about ShipChain Request a Demo of ShipChain’s Platform Why Blockchain will Create Extreme Supply Chain Management Optimization Download White Paper Looking for a TMS for your OTR.read More.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Book Summary from Supply Chain Secrets

Logistics Bureau

Do you love reading business books? But you never seem to have the time. I have a solution for you! Have you ever read Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People? Oh, Not yet? Someone from the team has read it and turned it into about six-page summary for you. Get the Book Summary HERE: [link]. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel.

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Blue Horseshoe Named on Best Places to Work in Indiana List

Blue Horseshoe Solutions

Blue Horseshoe Solutions has been named to Indiana Chamber’s 2019 Best Places to Work. This is the fourth consecutive year the company has made the list that recognizes top employers in the Hoosier State. “The recognition really comes from the people that make up Blue Horseshoe Solutions,” […]. The post Blue Horseshoe Named on Best Places to Work in Indiana List appeared first on ERP Implementation & Supply Chain Consulting - Blue Horseshoe.

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.

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Freight Companies Want Faster Blockchain Adoption, New-Nafta Approval, Purolator President Says

Supply Chain Brain

Blockchain technology and the United States-Mexico-Canada Act are top of mind for leaders in logistics.

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The Traffic Club of New York 113th Anniversary Annual Dinner

Mazars Ledger

SPONSORSHIP | Transportation & Logistics February 28, 2019 Description Mazars USA is sponsoring one of the premiere events of… The post The Traffic Club of New York 113th Anniversary Annual Dinner appeared first on Insights Center - Mazars - United States.

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Tips on Shipping to Canada From the U.S.

GoShip Blog

The United States and Canada are strongly connected as business and trade destinations, and if you are a business in the U.S., you have probably considered expanding into Canada. Expanding into Canada is a good start for companies to enter the global market and lets companies access about 31 million buyers. Why You Should Expand Shipping to Canada. Before entering any new market, you have to get acquainted with the new rules.

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Global Water Summit 2019

Mazars Ledger

SUMMIT | Water Group April 8-10, 2019 Learn more and register now for this event. Description Join the Mazars USA… The post Global Water Summit 2019 appeared first on Insights Center - Mazars - United States.

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How to Conduct Workplace Incident Investigations to Create Safer Workplaces

This white paper provides a comprehensive overview of global workplace incident trends, focusing on the top three biases leading to such incidents. It also highlights the significance of CSA Z1005 as a risk management standard and outlines the ROI of thorough incident investigations, covering emergency response to post-incident interviews. Additionally, it introduces an Investigation Evidence Gathering Matrix.

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Malnutrition: Yemen’s race against time

World Food Programme Logistics

As the Yemen Pledging Conference opens in Geneva, the World Food Programme (WFP) is urging large-scale nutrition funding to save lives now and help the country recover when peace comes. A nurse places the measuring tape around Rouida’s tiny arm and pulls it tight. “I was worried she would die,” says her father, Abdul Rahman. He knows the fallout of war too well to mince his words.

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Trends and Challenges from the 2018 US eCommerce Study

Mazars Ledger

Speaker Stuart Nussbaum | Partner, Consumer Products Practice Leader, Mazars USA Description Hear Consumer Products Practice Leader, Stuart Nussbaum discuss some… The post Trends and Challenges from the 2018 US eCommerce Study appeared first on Insights Center - Mazars - United States. Speaker. Stuart Nussbaum | Partner, Consumer Products Practice Leader, Mazars USA.

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How IoT is the next step in tracking automotive components

Automotive Logistics

As vehicles incorporate more new technologies and highly sophisticated components, it has become increasingly complicated and expensive to ship these parts. Consequently, the risks for OEM shipments have increased proportionately. A sea container packed with $20,000 worth of car engines may take six weeks, or even longer, to travel from its point of origin to its destination – and ensuring that it arrives on time and undamaged is of utmost importance.