Wed.Dec 26, 2018

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How To Improve Your Customers Experience Through Shipping

GoShip Blog

The retail industry is constantly expanding, and every year the competition among retailers gets fiercer. As the e-commerce sector reaches its peak growth, online stores are becoming the shopping channel used most by consumers. There are many key performance indicators (KPIs) that define if the company is evolving or not, but the one that has become extremely valuable in recent years is customer experience.

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A pragmatic view of how ELDs are changing trucking

Fleet Owner

The broader benefit of ELDs is that fleets are thinking more intently about how to use driver time efficiently. It has always cost fleets something to waste drivers’ time or allow shippers to waste it, but now the cost of that is going up.

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3 Air cargo trends to watch in 2019

DC Velocity

Blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and a host of market forces are shaping the transport of pharmaceuticals, industry executive says.

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More Funding Given for Rebuilding America Grant Program

Material Handling and Logistics

“By creating the right incentives, this program will be better able to make significant, long-term improvements to America’s transportation infrastructure,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao.

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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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Not another Top 10 list

Fleet Owner

10 highlights from the help of NACFE to improve North American freight efficiency in 2018.

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The Top 5 Manufacturing Blogs of the 2018

GlobalTranz

Today, we start our series highlighting our top blog posts of the year! We always enjoy the end of the year as it allows us to see what our readers really love. That then allows us to create more of that kind of content so our award winning blog This year we will feature the top blog posts by page views in the following categories: Manufacturing , Logistics , Freight , and the Supply Chain.

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Five Quick Steps to ELD Success

Supply Chain Brain

The logistics industry has seen an incredible transition since this time last year, when trucking companies scrambled to comply with a new electronic logging device (ELD) mandate.

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Improving Inventory Management Efficiency Using Scales

Quality Scales Unlimited

In business, it is considered standard practice to take a complete inventory at least once a year. This helps businesses stay organized and aware of inventory levels. Weighing Scales , such as counting scales, can help make the inventory taking process more efficient. Useful Features of Scales. Parts Counting. This feature helps in counting a high volume of identical parts accurately and efficiently.

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Why Connect via API?

Coyote

Coyote shares the difference between APIs and EDIs, and the advantages of new API solutions for spot quoting, tracking and other critical tasks.

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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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Online returns expected to total $37 billion for 2018 holiday season, says CBRE report

247 Customs Broker

The premise of increased e-commerce activity leading to increased returns, or reverse logistics activity is more than a trend. In fact, it is reality, and not an entirely new reality either. That was made apparent in a report recently issued by industrial real estate firm CBRE , entitled “Holiday Season Heightens Challenge of Online Returns,” which includes several notable takeaways that speak to both the financial and logistics commitment the returned orders require.

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Weather Forecast: Supply Chain Disruptions Ahead

247 Customs Broker

December 10, 2018. Tags: Global Economy , Global Logistics , Global Trade Management. Mergers and acquisitions, weather crises and factory fires were among the main causes of global supply chain disruption in the first half of 2018, according to Resilinc data. Global supply chain disruptions continue to grow at an alarming rate and the potential for financial or revenue impacts is the highest it has been in three years, finds Resilinc’s recent EventWatch Supply Chain Disruption report.

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Strong Holiday On-Time Delivery Performance for USPS, UPS, and FedEx

247 Customs Broker

The Holiday Shipping Season. The holiday delivery shopping and shipping seasons have distinctly different goals and objectives or consumers and carriers and logistics service providers, alike. For consumers, one goal, or perhaps more appropriately, mission, is to get holiday shopping done in a timely and efficient manner and get all the gift items for friends and family crossed off their lists in a manner that ensures that Christmas does not turn into “Stress”-mas.