GlobalTranz

JUNE 16, 2021

As the produce season marches forward, the risk of loss, due to the perishing of goods or simply being unable to guarantee delivery, will continue to drive demand for more strategic shipping services. USDA Data Points to Capacity Shortage After Capacity Shortage Through Produce Season.

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Ware2Go

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The best solution is to find a outsourced fulfillment partner who can ease your logistical and delivery burdens while also helping expand your reach and optimize your inventory carry costs. It’s no secret that online shoppers expect fast delivery options such as 2-day or same-day shipping. When is it time to find a fulfillment partner?

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Stord

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Meanwhile, the Dallas facility is in a major logistics and consolidation hub near the Port of Houston. Positioning these next locations in major logistics markets is critical as it allows us to provide solutions for a large portion of shippers.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The last mile of most traditional logistics’ journeys ended at a retail store. Kraus, Chairman and CEO of EXPAK Logistics, explains, “One of the businesses that technology has been slowly pushing itself into is the last mile delivery business. All of these innovations are making last mile logistics much more complicated.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

The city of Philadelphia is eerily quiet this morning. I live in city-center Philadelphia. An example is the work on Performance Based Logistics (PBL). Instead, it take active sensing, tracking and pattern recognition of shipping, chain of custody and quality information. There is no traffic on the streets.

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Shipchain

JULY 3, 2019

On the 4th of July in 1777, the first year after the end of the war, there was a massive celebration in Philadelphia that included fireworks. So in spite of the fact that we typically only see grandiose fireworks celebrations on the 4th, fireworks are being produced, shipped, and supplied all year long.

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Freight Plus

APRIL 19, 2018

It's no secret that the logistics industry lacks transparency and standardization among partners. A goal that they believe can speed up the velocity of information, create new efficiencies, and reduce shipping costs by up to 20%. But what if a technology were to present itself that promises to fix this broken system?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The collapse of a section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia will cause “major disruption” in the region just as the summer travel season begins, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said. The post This Week in Logistics News (June 10 – 16) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Freight Plus

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Are you doing all you can to ensure efficient shipping over the road? Full truckload shipping typically means that one trailer is contracted to a single customer, shipper, or consignee. If you’ve already heard that one, here’s a new one for you: Which costs more to ship via LTL? What you are shipping matters to an LTL carrier.

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Locus

APRIL 24, 2023

But did you know that many others were a part of the logistics industry in some way like warehouse workers, courier managers, bike messengers, and truck drivers? Let’s go through the twelve celebrities and their logistics connection. Today, last-mile logistics has become expensive, daunting, and complex for enterprises.

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Freight Center

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The term " Black Friday " originated in Philadelphia, in the early 1960s. Philadelphia police griped about the congested streets, clogged with motorists and pedestrians heading to the Army-Navy football game while looking for deals the day after Thanksgiving, calling it “ Black Friday.”. HISTORY OF BLACK FRIDAY.

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Supply Chain Network

OCTOBER 13, 2011

My first CSCMP Annual Conference was in 1989 and I always try to get there every year to catch up with all my logistics and supply chain friends! On the outbound side the system automatically creates fully cubed mixed vendor and retailer owned goods to be shipped direct to store.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MAY 13, 2015

I knew nothing about the world of logistics, inventory management and order optimization. It is usually driven by the logistics and transportation functions. The flows are typically linear and the analysis is on alternate modes and best shipping lanes. The year was 1985. It was a foreign world.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 26, 2015

Are you up-to-date with the latest events in freight shipping and logistics? Staying current in the world of shipping and freight also takes strong networking and communication. 7 of the Best Freight Shipping Events to Attend in 2015. 2015 ATA Management Conference and Exhibition Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; October 17-20.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Google did not acquire a third-party logistics (3PL) company or a logistics software vendor. Making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target. Well, my big audacious prediction for 2015 did not come true. What will happen in 2016? Abercrombie & Fitch Inc. and L Brands Inc.’s

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 19, 2022

We help shippers, carriers, 3PLs, and logistics service providers actively track their shipments so that they arrive on time and in full because it’s all about getting all your stuff on time, not busted up, late, and lost. I’ve worked at a third-party logistics company. Tive is a real-time visibility platform provider.

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Multichannel Merchant

JUNE 14, 2021

New metros added to the same-day program from American Eagle and ShopRunner include San Francisco, Boston, Miami, Atlanta, Houston, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. Hundreds of items are available for same-day delivery, which while free for ShopRunner members is $10 per order for all others. Deliveries are made within hours of order.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. The core competency of these companies is logistics , and they do it well. Even Amazon used third-party logistics companies when the company first started, until reaching sufficient scale to have a logistics arm of its own.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 11, 2024

It has been just over two weeks since a container ship lost power and crashed into a support pylon of Baltimore, Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning hours of March 26. miles to partially collapse into the Patapsco River , blocking the main shipping channel that leads to the Port of Baltimore.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

As long as Florida’s ports remain open, deliveries of fuels from so-called Jones Act tankers, or ships with permission to move supplies between two U.S. Last week, ships that normally move fuel from the Gulf Coast to Florida headed north to New York and Philadelphia to load from those ports instead.

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ShipBob

MARCH 12, 2023

Ecommerce businesses are on a constant quest to cut shipping costs without sacrificing speed and customer experience. Yet, it’s tempting to do so by finding the cheapest carrier to ship customer orders. One strategy that ecommerce businesses are taking advantage of is a shipping concept known as “zone skipping.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 14, 2021

It met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, PA and in Washington, DC from March 4, 1799, to March 4, 1801, during the last two years of John Adams’ presidency. What makes this Congressional recess importance is the fact that it was the last time the US capital was located in Philadelphia. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The global shipping crisis and labor shortages have put the industry on edge over the last few months, especially as the holiday shopping season approaches. The post This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 3) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. billion in 2020.

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