February 26, 2015
Truck drivers are also protesting low freight prices and are demanding that freight costs be based on the distances trucks travel to deliver goods
February 24, 2015
The bottleneck has ensnared exports and imports—just about anything the U.S. trades with Asian nations
Strategies must be in place to protect temporary workers who are less familiar with distribution centers and warehouses
February 23, 2015
It's a headache for the Coast Guard, whose cutters open channels for vessels hauling vital cargo
February 23, 2015
From 2003 to 2008, there were 32,000 crashes in which trucks rear-ended other vehicles, killing at least 300 people per year
February 23, 2015
This year, rails are expected to move nearly 900,000 car loads of oil and ethanol in tankers
February 23, 2015
The volume of cargo that West Coast dockworkers and their employers must clear is staggering
February 19, 2015
Political and economic pressure is rising to reach a contract deal and free cargo bottlenecks at 29 ports
There are steps a retailer can take to either stay in step with Amazon or provide conveniences not found there
February 16, 2015
Spot market freight volume declined seasonally in January, down 11 percent from an atypical December high
February 16, 2015
Employers are locking out dockworkers who man the cranes that lift cargo on and off ships, saying they have slowed work as a bargaining tactic
February 12, 2015
IBS warehouse management software helps Victory Packaging manage massive volumes for the U.S. Postal Service
The established supply chain culture and the new we-can-fulfill-any-order-from-anywhere culture are bound to collide
February 10, 2015
The entire supply chain has been dealing with the lack of a West Coast port contract for the last nine months
From
United Parcel Service (UPS)
UPS Temperature True Packaging is highlighted by four new packaging lines optimized for UPS’s U.S. domestic network
Success with sending warehouse management systems into the cloud requires rethinking warehouse management system delivery
About 61 percent of retailers have implemented omni-channel fulfillment strategies, up from 50 percent in 2013
February 5, 2015
The per-container charge impacts global competitiveness, regional employment and growth, and exports
February 2, 2015
The wearables and augmented reality software can improve the picking process by 25 percent
Research shows that, in the next five years, the most significant shift in omni-channel fulfillment will be in-store pickup of goods
Workforce management helps logistics retain top talent and achieve optimum business results
Statistics reveal 8 to 9 percent of goods purchased at stores get returned and 25 to 30 percent of e-retail orders are sent back
From
Westfalia Technologies, Inc.
The warehouse management and control system directs, controls, and optimizes internal material flow and order picking
A full 98 percent of shippers believe that the continued success of their global supply chains depends on managing data
Carriers, forwarders and brokers claim that raising minimums don’t make roads safer and reduce crashes
January 12, 2015
Less than half of retailers currently offer order fulfillment solutions like in-store pickup or ship from store to consumers
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