Major enterprises that employ hundreds of thousands of delivery drivers have a legal and ethical obligation to ensure the safety of these employees, contractors and the customers with which they may interact.
This year, the focus is on determining what broke down across supply chains during 2020, and figuring out what changes need to be made to drive success in 2021.
With a number of COVID-19 vaccines now approved, the debate has shifted to the logistical challenges of transporting vaccines across an unbroken and continuous cold chain.
Jay Johnson, senior manager of Labelmaster Services, explains why regulations on the handling of hazardous materials apply to distributors of the COVID-19 vaccine, even though the vaccine isn’t itself classified as a “dangerous good” for purposes of transportation.
Susan Boylan, director analyst in the Logistics Strategy and Operations Team of Gartner, Inc., describes the key changes in tariffs, immigration rules and customs clearance procedures that U.K. logistics providers are grappling with right now as a result of Brexit.
Amazon.com, Inc.’s nationwide network of giant fulfillment centers offers sellers an unmatched resource for processing and shipping e-commerce orders to buyers. But it’s not the only game in town.