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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). While freight industry executives likely sighed with relief when an update of Amazon’s logistics.amazon.com page on June 28th turned out to be nothing more than a franchise model for courier delivery services.

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In Logistics, the Last Few Feet are as Important as the Last Mile

Enterra Insights

For congested metropolitan areas such as Seattle, the focus is actually on the ‘final 50 feet’ of those shipments.”[3] The study also found that clearing security accounted for 12% of total delivery time, while riding the freight elevator and looking for tenants’ locations accounted for 61% of overall time.”

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This Week in Logistics News (May 25-29, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Descartes Reports Fiscal 2016 First Quarter Financial Results. March 2015 North American Freight Numbers. per-order fee for goods purchased by noon, provided their order size is at least $35. In return, the Seattle company pledges to get users their merchandise by 9 pm that night. NAFTA freight totaled $96.1

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Flexport Acquires Convoy’s Core Technology

Supply Chain Matters

After reports last week indicating that Seattle based digital freight start-up services provider Convoy was preparing for a possible sale or winding down of business operations there are indications that freight logistics platform provider Flexport will be the acquirer of Convoy’s underlying technology.

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Competing in a diverse parcel market

Cathy Roberson

Meanwhile, FedEx reported that overall revenue for the quarter ending February 29 declined 2.3% Express average daily volumes fell 2.9%, with no change in Ground and Freight average daily shipments per day declined 4.1%. Its Freight division is considered the largest LTL provider. billion, while operating income increased 19.2%

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Are We Losing Our Jobs to Robots? Each 1 Costs 6 Jobs, a New Study Says

BlueYonder

Each 1 costs 6 jobs, a new study says. jobs within a commuting zone where local people travel to work, Recode reports. The study was produced by the economists Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo, who used a model where robots and humans competed against each other. Are we losing our job to robots? Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

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Are We Losing Our Jobs to Robots? Each 1 Costs 6 Jobs, a New Study Says

BlueYonder

Each 1 costs 6 jobs, a new study says. jobs within a commuting zone where local people travel to work, Recode reports. The study was produced by the economists Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo, who used a model where robots and humans competed against each other. Are we losing our job to robots? Wal-Mart Stores Inc.