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This Week in Logistics News (April 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

The most famous shortage, of course, was the toilet paper shortage, which was really more about a shift in usage and panic buying than production. air delivery product, which promises deliveries by 8 the next morning; its next-day air product, which guarantees deliveries by 10:30 a.m.;

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Milestone for Autonomous Heavy-Duty Truck Commercialization

Logistics Business Magazine

This achievement underscores how L3 and L2+ autonomous heavy-duty trucks have been successfully deployed across the line-haul logistics sector, including express delivery, less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation, as well as contract logistics. This also reflects the significant value that autonomous trucks offer logistics operators.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Secretary of Transportation, told CNBC on Friday morning that what the government is watching for over the course of the day, as the issue has been identified, is “the kind of ripple or cascade effects as they get everything back in their networks back to normal.”

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Jack Ma predicts the future of logistics

The Logistics Academy

China now has largest express delivery industry in the world. Jack Ma isn’t an outsider in China’s logistics business, of course. The past ten years of express delivery development has shown off the power of startups, of people, and of innovation,” Ma said.

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Industry View: Top Tips for Perfecting your Omnichannel Offering

Logistics Business Magazine

This includes clearly confirming your delivery and express delivery timings on your online store which is crucial to avoid disappointment and bad reviews. It is very important to keep communications with customers timely and update them as the situation changes.

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What Does it Take to be a Successful Entrepreneur? The Incredible Journey of a Last Mile Pioneer

Logistics Viewpoints

And we reconnected and bonded over the course of a few weeks. Couriers optimize routes by centralizing their demand and distributed over the course of the day. They were very interested to test out an express delivery option – a three-hour delivery option from their Cape Town warehouse.

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Is it Time for B2B Freight Providers to Learn From B2C?

Logistics Bureau

The third category of shopper sits somewhere in the middle, and while not wanting to wait several days to receive her purchases, is averse to paying a high delivery charge. . This type of customer will hence settle for paying a moderate fee to receive her purchases within three days.