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Package Theft Season is Here

Logistics Viewpoints

For the 2023 holiday season alone, it is anticipated that between 850 million and 950 million packages will be delivered. This makes the season a prime target for package theft. Based on data from the FBI and Google Trends, package theft is big business. In all, porch pirates stole 260 million packages estimated at $19.5

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Companies Cannot Transform Through AI Alone

Logistics Viewpoints

UPS dominated business and trade headlines for a day in late January when the world’s largest package delivery company announced plans to cut 12,000 full- and part-time management jobs as part of a new initiative called “Fit to Serve.” What stood out even more was the “subhead” of UPS’ announcement.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

And while it is not possible to measure the impact of everything on your receipt, if the receipt doesn’t contain enough data on a product, Eaternity gives an estimate based on similar products and reference points such as national import and export statistics, which determine where a product is likely to have come from.

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Using APIs for Carrier Integration with a Warehouse Management System

Camelot 3PL Software

API (Application Programming Interface) is a set of protocols and tools for building software and applications. Carrier system integration refers to the process of connecting different carrier systems and platforms to enable communication and data exchange between them. Data Fields Used with Carrier Integration. What is an API?

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How to Create an Efficient Order Fulfillment Strategy

GoShip Blog

Although order fulfillment strategies may differ across businesses, a typical fulfillment strategy involves the following processes: Receiving inventory Inventory storage Order processing Picking and packaging Delivery Processing returns. You can also find and retain new customers by using customer relationship management (CRM) tools.

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How AI is spreading throughout the supply chain

The Logistics Academy

Workday, a software firm, offers a financial-planning tool using AI to forecast which clients are going to pay late. To forecast arrivals, they can put sensors on shipments or design whole systems to use data like the GPS signals put out by lorries. Packages are also being routed more efficiently, with big potential gains.

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Penske Logistics Presents 2019 Third-Party Logistics Study: State of Logistics Outsourcing

Penske Move Ahead

A key complaint among consumers who choose home or office delivery is that packages become lost more frequently. Within the last mile of the supply chain, defined as the final steps of package delivery to a person’s home or business, exists an undervalued concept known as the last yard.