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3PL Basics: The 11 Transportation Services with Jeremy Thone

The Logistics of Logistics

Transportation Service #1 – Small Package. Package delivery or parcel delivery is the shipping of packages (parcels) or high-value mail as single shipments. Package delivery or parcel delivery is the shipping of packages (parcels) or high-value mail as single shipments.

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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.” Take onboarding and training new employees. He lives in Chicago.

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Amazon’s New Delivery Service Partners Initiative Expands Their Delivery Network Using Franchised Fleets

Bringg

Last week Amazon launched Delivery Services Partners , a new initiative aimed at encouraging entrepreneurs to set up their own delivery business. Or, as TechCrunch described it , Amazon just launched its own UPS competitor of sorts, by offering leased vans, training and resources to those who want to drive for Amazon instead of Uber.

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The Ultimate List of Top Logistics Startups – Blog

Freightos

Logistics is the prime example of a changing industry – colossal, ripe for disruption and utterly opaque. And it’s about to get hit by a freight train of innovation. Package Delivery. How much do we love freight innovation? Kontainers. Online freight forwarder (U.K.-China) China) primarily for SME shippers.

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Transport Drones & Autonomous Vehicles: The Transportation Mode Dance Card is Getting Full

GlobalTranz

Transport drones are rapidly becoming a prevalent part of the modern logistics industry to delight and dismay, given the FAA’s recent release of operating rules for drones, reports Adario Strange of Mashable, of private citizens and government organizations. So, now you might be wondering, "Where we are going with this?".

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This Week in Logistics News (June 25-29, 2018)

Talking Logistics

I’ve started to ramp up my training for our Logistics Leaders for Type 1 Diabetes Cure team ride in support of JDRF, which will be in Santa Fe, New Mexico on November 3, 2018. Startups to Deliver Packages for Amazon. What do you do when demand for package delivery outstrips capacity? Risky Business?

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This Week in Logistics News (September 25-29, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Mercedes-Benz Vans, Matternet and siroop start pilot project for on-demand delivery of e-commerce goods. Loblaw says it’s exploring grocery home delivery partnership with Instacart (CTVnews). Package delivery startup Doorman is shutting down (TechCrunch). dispatch, logistics, driver training).