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These 5 Top Logistics Trends for 2018 are a Response to the Growing Customer Experience Movement

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Logistics professionals can no longer simply go about standard operations, and the days of peaks and lulls have ended. To answer that question, let us turn our attention to some of the key top logistics trends we’ll see over the next 12 months, in part as a response to the growing customer experience movement. Download Here.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 21 – 27)

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This commitment goes beyond the authority’s direct emissions and extends to emissions produced by its operating partners, including marine terminal operators, oceangoing vessel operators, railroads, and trucking companies. There’s a mandate in place for full electrification by 2026. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

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The Race for Last Mile Drones

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The company has developed a fleet of last mile drones for small package delivery in the US, Australia, and Finland. Recently, Wing has developed a fleet of new drone prototypes designed to more efficiently deliver packages ranging from small pill bottles to items weighing as much as 7 pounds.

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Overcoming The Current Supply Chain Labor Shortage

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

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This Week in Logistics News (December 31 – January 6)

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An emerging trend over the last few years has been “dry January” where people abstain from alcohol for the first month of the year. The company announced last year that Amazon Prime customers in Lockeford, CA, will start receiving package deliveries by drone by the end of 2022. As the saying goes, new year new you.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 27 – December 3)

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Earlier this week, Dave Clark, CEO of Amazon’s worldwide consumer business, said that the company is poised to become the largest US package delivery service by early 2022, overtaking longstanding shipping rivals UPS and FedEx. This relates to an ongoing trend from the Covid pandemic: demand is surging.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 22 – 27)

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Smaller parcel carriers made big gains during the pandemic handling packages that the larger players couldn’t deliver. are expanding their operations to pick up business from their bigger rivals, especially considering the fact that each of the big three are dealing their own issues. Regional shipping companies across the U.S.