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Most Important E-Commerce Logistics Trends To Watch

GlobalTranz

This proposes the question of what will be a trend in this industry in the future. Delivery options It’s getting easier and easier for brands to send their products to various places on earth. Amazon is testing drones for package delivery in England, there are postal lockers popping up in Australia and so on.

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Walmart and IKEA: Drone Delivery vs. Drones in the Warehouse

Talking Logistics

Lots of news last week about the use of drones in supply chain and logistics operations.

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These 5 Top Logistics Trends for 2018 are a Response to the Growing Customer Experience Movement

GlobalTranz

To answer that question, let us turn our attention to some of the key top logistics trends we’ll see over the next 12 months, in part as a response to the growing customer experience movement. The Top Logistics Trends that Will Impact Logistics Management in 2018. Yet, some may be asking, “why has demand increased so much?”

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The Race for Last Mile Drones

Logistics Viewpoints

The company has developed a fleet of last mile drones for small package delivery in the US, Australia, and Finland. Recently, Wing has developed a fleet of new drone prototypes designed to more efficiently deliver packages ranging from small pill bottles to items weighing as much as 7 pounds.

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Last-Mile Delivery: The Link Between Driver Satisfaction and Customer Satisfaction

Talking Logistics

The research, conducted by Adelante SCM and commissioned by RouteSmart Technologies, is based on a survey of 28 leading parcel/package delivery companies, national postal carriers, retailers, and other companies with last-mile and home delivery.

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Package Theft Season is Here

Logistics Viewpoints

This makes the season a prime target for package theft. Based on data from the FBI and Google Trends, package theft is big business. trillion in sales, with 75 percent of Americans receiving at least one package per week. In all, porch pirates stole 260 million packages estimated at $19.5 billion in 2022.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 22 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

The trend is truest for ocean freight rates from North Europe to the U.S. East Coast, with both spot and long-term contracted prices falling by around 10% since the start of the year, Xeneta said today.