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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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Amazon’s New Delivery Service Partners Initiative Expands Their Delivery Network Using Franchised Fleets

Bringg

As the volume for deliveries grows, this new franchise model is yet another strategy for Amazon to expand their delivery logistics network. With setup costs starting at $10,000, Amazon said that the owner of the package delivery franchise can expect to earn up to $300,000 in annual profit.

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What You Need to Know About the State of eCommerce Logistics

GlobalTranz

Today’s logistics empire is not your grandfather’s or even your father’s logistics operation. Consumers are expressing an unprecedented amount of power through eCommerce, and in fact, eCommerce logistics is growing increasingly reliant on small parcel and package delivery options daily. Warehousing Expansion Is a Must.

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How to Create an Efficient Order Fulfillment Strategy

GoShip Blog

It refers to the steps a business takes in responding to customer orders, from the point of sales inquiry to inventory intake and final delivery. Your order fulfillment strategy has a direct impact on your brand’s success and customer retention rates. With GoShip, finding experienced carriers for your business has never been easier.

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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.

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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 (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