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Case Study: From Manual to Industry 4.0 in One Year

Logistics Business Magazine

Now a customised application was needed to meet all of the customer’s specifications. A scanner reads the order label, a calibrated scale weighs the package, and a printer creates the shipping label with all the information for the package delivery service. The system also attaches the label to the package.

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Penske Logistics Presents 2019 Third-Party Logistics Study: State of Logistics Outsourcing

Penske Move Ahead

In an era where technology is continuing to migrate consumer spending habits online and away from brick-and-mortar stores, the newly released 2019 Third-Party Logistics Study (#3PLStudy) highlights how supply chains are also going digital and using science to keep pace. The publication, available at no cost at www.3PLStudy.com

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Supply chain technologies highlight findings from 2019 Third-Party Logistics Study – Canadian Shipper

247 Customs Broker

Nashville, TN — In an era where technology is continuing to migrate consumer spending habits online and away from brick-and-mortar stores, the newly released 2019 Third-Party Logistics Study (#3PLStudy) highlights how supply chains are also going digital and using science to keep pace. The publication, available at www.3PLStudy.com

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Capacity Update: What’s Causing Tightening Capacity?

Trinity Logistics

A report from the American Trucking Association notes that the industry has struggled with the driver shortage for the past 15 years and will need to hire almost 900,000 drivers in the next decade to meet rising demands. This past holiday season, the US postal service alone broke an all-time package delivery record.

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U.S. Dept. of Treasury Task Force issues report to help remedy financial outlook for USPS

247 Customs Broker

Gordon Glazer, senior consultant for San Diego-based parcel consultancy Shipware LLC , noted that there appears to be a disconnect relating to the Task Force report indicating that the USPS must pursue new cost-cutting strategies that will enable it to meet the changing realities of its business model.

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Top 25 Supply Chains of 2018

Material Handling and Logistics

To speed time-to-market, the company has developed automated packaging and 3D printing techniques that can meet specific product package and label requirements in near real-time, notes Gartner’s analysts.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling and Logistics

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. Previously, taking inventory in that facility took two weeks; using drones, that shrunk to two hours.