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

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Last week Amazon launched Delivery Services Partners , a new initiative aimed at encouraging entrepreneurs to set up their own delivery business. Or, as TechCrunch described it , Amazon just launched its own UPS competitor of sorts, by offering leased vans, training and resources to those who want to drive for Amazon instead of Uber.

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Companies Cannot Transform Through AI Alone

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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.” Take onboarding and training new employees.

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

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Many times during those long training rides, which I have done mostly by myself, I thought about giving up or taking a shortcut back home. Over the past few years, as mail volumes have continued to decline, Pitney Bowes has had to adjust its focus and strategy to find new growth areas. LL4T1DCure Team Jersey 2017.

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Top 25 Supply Chains of 2018

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In fact, Walmart is so committed to its supply chain proficiency that it will offer to help pay tuition for any of its workers to earn degrees in either supply chain management or business—a very high-profile example of a company acknowledging its reliance on its supply chain as both a competitive advantage and its path to the future.