Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

These e-commerce trends are placing increasing pressure on logistics teams to keep up with demand volatility, provide incredibly fast delivery, and reliably fulfill all their promises to customers and consumers. In the warehouse, logistics providers are being asked to manage smaller orders and more specialized tasks with a scarce workforce.

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Transporeon

APRIL 9, 2019

Despite long-term contracts and fixed rates, shippers are seeing orders refused by carriers that have reliably transported their freight in the past. Often, however, the shipper has to tell its customer that an order cannot be delivered on the agreed-upon date. Both of these scenarios are problematic for the shipper.

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

Geological Survey. Lower transportation costs and faster order fulfillment with the ability to choose warehouses by their closeness to customer bases. Many offer value-added services such as billing, scheduling, managing orders, packing, assembling, and shipping stored goods. General Services Administration. Private Warehouses.

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Automotive Logistics

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

The lack of available rail capacity for finished vehicles and the problems in getting railcars to the right place at the right time disrupted the outbound supply chain in 2017. Effects on outbound logistics. The railcar shortage has had an impact on the other modes of outbound transport. For GM alone that means 2.25m units.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 18, 2018

They may have ordered more than they need. In addition, returns typically cost more to handle than outbound shipments – 3 to 4 times more for traditional retail companies, for example. This also qualifies as reverse logistics. Reasons why reverse logistics are necessary can be diverse. They may have simply changed their mind.

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247 Customs Broker

MARCH 14, 2018

“We do it to increase density but also because that’s what people want,” he says, pointing to a survey that UPS conducted in Canada, which indicated that 42 per cent of respondents preferred dropping off packages to waiting for a UPS van to show up. It’s not in high demand right now, but I think that will change,” comments Vitale.

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The Logistics Academy

JUNE 29, 2017

billion in 2016, according to a BI Global Intelligence survey. AutoStore receives data on customer orders from an order management system or WMS, and transmits it to the robots to let them know which products they’ll be picking in the coming hours. The Internet of Things (IoT) is making its way into every aspect of life.

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Automotive Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2018

In terms of the driver shortage, ECG’s president Wolfgang Göbel presented figures showing that over the next 10-15 years in Germany alone, 40% of truck drivers would be retiring, which given current trends meant a shortfall of 150,000 drivers. Asked whether the refiners of the 0.5%

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 26, 2018

Some of the main concerns expressed by ports surveyed by Automotive Logistics include finding more storage and handling capacity, especially given the growth that some of the bigger car handling ports are seeing, and at times when there are sudden spikes in volumes. . Where to put it all . Our terminal can handle 2.5-2.6m

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