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This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

David Ho, a climate scientist at the University of Hawaii, wasn’t buying it. Aside from cutting down trees to make the straws, it turned out that the straws were not recyclable, so there was just as much waste. With Apple’s big event last week, the company claimed that the new Apple Watch will be carbon neutral. It’s kind of silly.

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Why Warehouse Automation Matters: 7 Hidden Cost Leaks of Outdated Manual Processes

RFgen

Warehouses are digitally automating manual processes and shedding traditional paper checklists and spreadsheets. In order to beat competitors and serve customers, more and more companies are adopting cutting-edge warehouse automation technologies to digitize their supply chain. All should be digitally automated.

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Why Warehouse Automation Matters: 7 Hidden Cost Leaks of Outdated Manual Processes

RFgen

Warehouses are digitally automating manual processes and shedding traditional paper checklists and spreadsheets. In order to beat competitors and serve customers, more and more companies are adopting cutting-edge warehouse automation technologies to digitize their supply chain. All should be digitally automated.

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Air Freight Explained: Calculating Costs and Price Trends

Freightos

Speed – Think five days from a factory in China to a warehouse in the United States. DHL Global Forwarding actually got started by taking ocean freight documents by air to expedite release along a new West Coast-Hawaii ocean line. Why Ship Cargo by Air? Airplanes are about 30 times faster than ocean liners. Seasonal shipments.

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What are Ecommerce Shipping Zones?

Supply Chain Game Changer

For example, if a package originates at Red Stag Fulfillment’s Knoxville warehouse, the origin ZIP code starts with 377. A shipment to Hawaii falls into Zone 45. The further your fulfillment warehouse is from your customer, the higher the zone. Ask your fulfillment warehouse if you can benefit from negotiated shipping rates.

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Sustainable eCommerce: Examples of Environmentally Friendly Online Retail

Ware2Go

Sustainable eCommerce Matters to Small Midsized Businesses (SMBs) A 2023 survey of 1,000 SMBs about the future of warehouse fulfillment found that 66% of respondents agree current eCommerce shipping models are not sustainable- for the environment or for their eCommerce business. The problem?

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Hurricane Florence: What We Know About the Year's First Major Storm

Elementum

Tropical storm Olivia has prompted storm warnings in Hawaii, with an expected 5-10 inches of flooding to affect the main islands. Storm surges make headlines, but they are just the beginning of potentially weeks of compromised delivery routes and warehouse operations. Get support from the logistics community.