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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

In other words, if your shipping your own goods, you’re competition. Across twenty additional countries, Amazon’s other centers are predominantly focused on fulfillment and delivery stations while some countries, like Italy, the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Singapore, and Japan also have Prime delivery facilities. Amazon Fulfillment.

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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases. Image via StarAir.dk). Behind the Maersk shift. Enter Big Tech. But what does this mean for shippers?

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This Week in Logistics News (October 30 – November 3, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Shippo raises $20 million to be the Stripe for shipping (Venture Beat). Ryder Announces Breakthrough Solution to Help Commercial Rental Customers Comply with New Electronic Logging Device Regulations. Best Buy launches free shipping during holidays (StarTribune). Convargo grabs $19 million to improve road freight (TechCrunch).

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Supply Chain Case Study: the Executive's Guide

Supply Chain Opz

Zara also works with Air France, KLM Cargo and Emirates Air in order that they can coordinate directly with the airlines to make the outbound shipments to its stores and bring back some raw materials and semi-finished materials with return legs. Moreover, products can be shipped to stores in-time then lost sales is minimal.

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Sustainability in Logistics: Shippers Step up Initiatives to Combat 3 Obstacles

GlobalTranz

percent, report having implemented sustainable solutions within the last two years. As a result, shippers and logistics service providers cannot forgo implementing and hastening the development of Sustainable Solutions. Furthermore, most supply chain entities, approximately 64.2 What Is Needed For Sustainability in Logistics?

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Veterans Day with Gratitude

BlueYonder

My dad went through 13 weeks of basic training, had a short furlough and was shipped to Scotland. On June 3, 1944, they boarded the USS Thomas Jefferson troop ship and spent three days in the English Channel waiting for the bad storms to pass. Once again, he got very sea sick. He was in the second wave of the D Day invasion.

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What Are B2B Marketplaces – And Should You Join One?

Unleashed

Here we help you answer these questions with an overview of the B2B landscape, including: How B2B marketplaces work The pros and cons of B2B marketplaces The range of types of B2B marketplace The top B2B marketplaces around the world Read more: Try the eCommerce inventory management software that unleashes your growth What are B2B marketplaces?