The Logistics Academy

JULY 6, 2016

Thanks to China’s e-commerce boom, the country’s package-delivery business has been growing at 30 percent a year. On the most recent Single’s Day—an online buying fest that takes place every November 11—consumers ordered 680 million packages, across all Chinese websites, that needed delivery. Source: Mckinsey.

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Material Handling and Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

But many people are not aware that last-mile deliveries are also handled by thousands of small local and regional package delivery firms. Package delivery companies are prime targets as well. Shippers saw major rate increases and adjustments in surcharges from the U.S. Postal Service, UPS and FedEx.

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TransAudit

JUNE 6, 2022

You will need to understand which deliveries are eligible for the UPS Money Back Guarantee. Because of this, it’s important to know the cut-off time for each type of delivery. For example, ground deliveries may have an end-of-day cut-off time. What was the package delivery time?

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 1, 2019

req’d) Package delivery startup Roadie receives $37 million in funding (Fox Business). Yeah, you can say I’m skeptical about these delivery robots — especially in high-density, urban neighborhoods where the sidewalks are crowded enough. Transplace, 3Gtms, Kuebix, FourKites: Innovating Transportation.

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Penske Move Ahead

MAY 9, 2019

Since 2010, Support Military Spouses (SMS), a South Carolina-based non-profit, has hosted appreciation care package delivery parties in North and South Carolina to provide gifts and appreciation cards to military wives and husbands. Each year, Penske has provided a rental truck to help transport the care packages.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 18, 2016

LTL shipping is used for packages that typically weigh between 150 and 10,000 pounds. Less-than-truckload shipments are usually transported by smaller trailers than a full-size semi, and LTL shipments are usually shrink-wrapped in pallets. Small package shipments are routinely reserved for orders that weigh less than 150 pounds.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 21, 2016

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. However, actual transportation represents a small portion of areas that need to be analyzed.

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WorkWave

APRIL 6, 2022

Driving a truck isn’t the same as driving a regular delivery vehicle. Routing is vital for transporting goods long distances. Bad route planning means delayed deliveries, higher maintenance fees, and even the difference between success and failure. Special Delivery Formats. Time To Read: 6 minutes. Higher Productivity.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2017

According to Reuters : Package delivery company FedEx Corp said on Wednesday operations in its TNT Express unit were disrupted after its information systems were hit by a virus attack. South Florida Container Terminal, for example, said dry cargo could not be delivered and no container would be received.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

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. per mile including fuel surcharges for the week ending Sept.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 9, 2019

Significant energy goes into optimizing its distribution and delivery model. With distribution centers now within 2-days ground transport of most Americans, Amazon can carefully select the best combination of company-owned, public, and private delivery services to put the average package on your porch for under $4.

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Freightos

JULY 23, 2015

Logistics is the prime example of a changing industry – colossal, ripe for disruption and utterly opaque. It’s no coincidence that Transport Intelligence just emailed me an invitation to The Future of Logistics conference. Package Delivery. Drone transportation for short deliveries, including last mile.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 3, 2019

In the nearer term, PwC estimates that more than 76,000 drones will to take to the skies in the UK over the next 12 years, with as many as 11,000 deployed in the transport and logistics sector. PwC suggests that the growing adoption of drone technology across the transport and logistics sector could drive a GDP boost of £1.2

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247 Customs Broker

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Congress also killed the opportunity to save significant dollars by eliminating Saturday Mail Delivery (keeping Package delivery), Surveys showed Americans were in favor of this change.”. economy and in rural areas, communities, and small towns; and the state of the USPS business model, workforce, operations, costs, and pricing.

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247 Customs Broker

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

On the LSO side, the LSO spokeswoman said that Preferred can offer their customers a better choice in regional package delivery with LSO. . “We As a good example, both FedEx & UPS have imposed holiday peak season pricing surcharges. LSO has not and will not. Contact Jeff Berman. Compliance to U.S.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2018

Startups to Deliver Packages for Amazon. What do you do when demand for package delivery outstrips capacity? In Amazon’s case, the company has been investing for years in it’s own delivery assets and capabilities to augment those of UPS, USPS, FedEx, and other partners (see Amazon: Disruptor or Distraction?

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Material Handling and Logistics

JUNE 25, 2018

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.

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