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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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Case Study: From Manual to Industry 4.0 in One Year

Logistics Business Magazine

HANSA-FLEX, a leading hydraulic systems supplier based in Bremen, Germany, has prepared its packaging line for the future. In cooperation with the strapping specialists from Mosca, a networked, end-of-line, full-scale solution that is capable of much more than securing goods for transport was completed within a year.

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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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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

How Walmart and Alphabet jumped ahead of Amazon in drone delivery. USPS slowing first-class package delivery to lower costs. The United States Postal Service will slow delivery times for a third of its first-class packages in an effort to cut costs and its dependency on air transportation amid financial struggles.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

The company announced last year that Amazon Prime customers in Lockeford, CA, will start receiving package deliveries by drone by the end of 2022. On December 22, the first deliveries from new sites in Texas and California were made, according to David Carbon, Vice President of Prime Air at Amazon.

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The State Of Logistics Outsourcing

247 Customs Broker

Shippers most frequently outsource domestic transportation, warehousing, international transportation, customs brokerage, and freight forwarding. A key complaint among consumers who choose home or office delivery is that packages become lost more frequently. November 13, 2018 | By Inbound Logistics Staff.

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Capacity Update: What’s Causing Tightening Capacity?

Trinity Logistics

followed by Winter Storm Grayson on the East Coast raised many concerns for shippers about transportation capacity. Icy roads, white outs, dangerous highway conditions, and extreme high winds all contributed to less available transportation capacity and higher spot market truck rates. East Coast Bomb Cyclone.