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Before gifts can make it under holiday trees this year, they are going to have to pass through one of the largest-scale traffic jams modern supply chains have ever experienced. In the U.S., the industry is not fretting over customer demand headed into the shopping season. Deloitte estimates holid...Read more »
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The Ontime logistics company latest news said, Import figures for 2021 would have been higher were it not for port congestion, according to the NRF. “Cargo doesn’t get counted until it comes off the ships, and the wait times are long enough that cargo from ships arriving near the end ...Read more »
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The Postal Service should develop a plan to communicate disruptions to customers two days in advance to prevent a repeat of the issues shippers and mailers faced in the 2020 peak season, the USPS Office of Inspector General recommended in an audit report Friday. Nine Postal Service processing fac...Read more »
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The ontime logistics company’s latest news said,USPS is moving forward with its plan to lengthen delivery standards for its First-Class Package Service despite concerns from an agency regulator that the move could reduce delivery reliability, with the implementation date to be announced ...Read more »
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The Home Depot is the first retail client for Walmart’s new delivery-as-a-service business, the companies announced Wednesday, giving Walmart a customer with billions of dollars’ worth of online sales to fill its delivery vehicles out the gate. Home Depot will offer same-day and next-...Read more »
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According to the latest news from Timing International Freight. Sixty companies, including airlines, airports and fuel suppliers, have committed to making sustainable aviation fuels 10% of global jet fuel supply by 2030. Boeing, BP, Deutsche Post DHL Group and Delta are among the industry stakeho...Read more »
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Costco is chartering three ocean vessels to transport containers between Asia and the U.S. and Canada over the next year, CFO Richard Galanti said on the company’s Q4 earnings call. Galanti said the chartered ships represent “less than 20% of our Asia shipping,” and will make an...Read more »
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FedEx is teaming up with Paccar and autonomy developer Aurora to test autonomous vehicles, according to a press release Thursday . Aurora’s technology will be installed in Paccar’s Autonomous Vehicle Platform trucks, to be trialed in FedEx linehaul operations. Autonomous trucks seem l...Read more »
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The Ontime Logistics company on Wednesday the latest news reported, Nine in 10 supply chain leaders say they need to increase hiring to meet peak season demand, and 47% aim to attract and retain employees by paying higher salaries or wages before the end of 2021, according to an August survey fro...Read more »
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The Ontime logistics company’s latest news said, DHL eCommerce Solutions is expanding the square footage of its U.S. distribution center network by 70% over the next five years to catch up to elevated B2C demand, the DHL division announced earlier this month. Companies servicing e-commerce ...Read more »
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Ontime logistics the lastest news reported.The limited space to ship cargo on vessels and the ongoing stressed supply chain are contributing to high freight costs. And costs right now are “astronomical” as demand exceeds carrier capacity, according to Susz. Port bottlenecks and a lack...Read more »
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The term “supply chain” typically conjures up thoughts pertaining to fulfillment and forward logistics. While many supply chains have become extremely efficient, the recent increase in product returns continues to dilute many efficiencies developed over the past few years. The pandemi...Read more »