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Overcoming The Current Supply Chain Labor Shortage

ShipLilly

In mid-March 2020, we were seeing historically low unemployment rates which meant that few workers wanted to operate in logistics. A Wall Street Journal article in April indicated that storage and warehouse operators had hired 8200 people in the previous month. This trend was experienced among both semi-skilled and skilled workers.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 4-8, 2017)

Talking Logistics

In response to Hurricane Harvey, for example, JDRF and other organizations shipped more than 3,750 pounds of donated diabetes supplies to Houston (including 200,000 syringes, 50,000 pen needles and 20,000 alcohol pads) to help people with diabetes affected by the hurricane. I am $706 short of my fundraising goal.

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Preferred Shipping signs re-seller agreement with Lone Star Overnight

247 Customs Broker

“By offering better service than FedEx and UPS, up to 40% lower rates, more flexibility, and far fewer hassles, we ensure customers that choose LSO will see significant cost and operational advantages.”. As a good example, both FedEx & UPS have imposed holiday peak season pricing surcharges. Jeff Berman, Group News Editor.

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Companies Cannot Transform Through AI Alone

Logistics Viewpoints

UPS dominated business and trade headlines for a day in late January when the world’s largest package delivery company announced plans to cut 12,000 full- and part-time management jobs as part of a new initiative called “Fit to Serve.” What stood out even more was the “subhead” of UPS’ announcement.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 30 – October 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

Under the service, called Return a Package, an Uber driver will pick up sealed and prepaid packages at a customer location and drop them off at a local post office or FedEx Corp. ASL Airlines Ireland operates nine 737-800s in Europe under the Amazon livery. said Wednesday it has begun offering a service to handle returns.

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How to Start a Delivery Business

WorkWave

You will also find many websites and social media groups that let you access excellent delivery routes for sale. Equipment Needed to Set Up a Home Delivery Business. You need lots of equipment to run your delivery business efficiently, including: Software. For example, do you plan or purchase the equipment outright?

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This Week in Logistics News (January 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

My kids, for example, are always interested in getting their hands on the newest Guinness Book of World Records, and seeing what kind of crazy things are in there. Weekend package delivery services have seen their ups and downs, as Sunday deliveries at one point became a hot commodity. UPS hit its delivery commitments 96.9