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Optimizing Last-Mile Delivery With Branded Mobile Communication
Innovative branded communication, which allows a seller to display its name, logo and reason for calling on a recipient’s mobile device, is one way to help businesses optimize last-mile delivery.
A customer service rep talks on the phone at work. Photo: Getty.
Fleet Management Software Needs to Shift Toward Cybersecurity
As the trucking industry focuses on digital transformation initiatives, companies must prioritize data security.
Returns Management SaaS Saves Retail Giant $4 Million Monthly
Challenge: A top-10 big-box retailer needed to consolidate returns processing and improve returns management, vendor returns consolidation and liquidation yield. They were sorting returns at more than 450 store locations, and sending single packages in small shipments to vendors receiving returns. The company wanted returns data visibility to aid forward-focused planning and warehouse management.
Five Ways to Manage Shipping Costs as Fuel Surcharges Soar
Navigating accessorial charges — the additional fees that carriers charge on top of base delivery costs — is among the most challenging aspects of managing shipping costs for online merchants.
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American Factories Heat Up as CEOs Take Production Out of China
Rattled by the most recent wave of strict Covid lockdowns in China, the long-time manufacturing hub of choice for multinationals, CEOs have been highlighting plans to relocate production.
A U.S. flag is displayed on a factory floor in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Photo: Bloomberg.
Labor Unrest Disrupts Supply Chains From Sky to Sea
Each wave of supply shock to hit the global economy during the pandemic seems to produce a different scapegoat.
A Deere & Co. worker holds a sign during a strike outside the John Deere Des Moines Works facility in Ankeny, Iowa. Photo: Bloomberg.
Innovators Continue to Shape the Last Mile. What’s Next?
A look at the technologies that logistics startups have developed to transform the last mile, as well as a peek into the future of the sector.
A drone releases a package before landing. Photo: Paul Kagame/ flickr.
U.S. Logistics Gauge Shows Economy Downshifting Into Second Half
An indicator of U.S. supply chain pressure fell to the lowest level in two years, as a sharp drop in transportation costs underscores the slowdown in the nation’s economy heading into the second half of the year.
An American flag is displayed on a loading dock. Photo: Bloomberg.
How Fleet Management Tech Can Drive Sustainability in Trucking
As sustainability initiatives become more prominent, trucking companies must ensure that their operating models comply with government regulations and align with the expectations of multiple stakeholders.
Trucks drive on a highway at dusk. Photo: Shutterstock.
West Coast Dockworkers Extend Labor Talks Without Contract
The union representing about 22,000 West Coast dockworkers and their employers are continuing negotiations for a new labor contract past the July 1 expiration of their previous pact and said the ports — among them the U.S.’s busiest — will keep functioning.
Dockworkers move cargo on a container terminal. Photo: Port of Los Angeles.
Supreme Court Ruling May Take 70,000 Truckers Off Road, Spur Jams
A U.S. Supreme Court decision that could force California’s 70,000 truck owner-operators to stop driving is set to create another choke point in already-stressed West Coast logistics networks.
A close up of the Supreme Court of the United States. Photo: Getty Images.
Consumers Prefer Personal Touch, Predictability, Over Super-Fast Delivery
To successfully ride the bucking growth of e-commerce, shippers and logistics service providers should avoid assuming that consumers want everything super-fast.
A courier delivers a package. Photo: Shutterstock.
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