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Mastering Data Flow in Your Supply Chain

It’s not too late to course-correct your data practices, but you have to take that first step sooner rather than later.

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Risky Driving Patterns Higher Before and After Holidays, Study Finds

Instances of harsh braking were higher the week before and after Thanksgiving when compared to the actual week of the holiday.

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Competitors Buy Majority of Yellow Properties at Auction

The remaining Yellow Corp properties are expected to be sold for hundreds of millions of dollars over the coming months, said a person familiar with the process.

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Podcast | Can Smaller E-tailers Match Amazon’s Same-Day Service?

When it comes to same-day delivery, Amazon has set the bar high. Is it realistic for smaller e-tailers to match that promise?

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Amazon is Now the Biggest Delivery Business in the U.S.

Amazon has delivered more than 4.8 billion packages in the U.S. this year, and predicts it will deliver around 5.9 billion parcels, up from 5.2 billion last year.

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Watch: A Final-Mile Maturity Model for Achieving the Perfect Order

Mike Graves, vice president product management with Pierbridge, a WiseTech Global company, describes the stages of a model that enables shippers to adjust to unexpected ups and downs of demand.

A Final Mile Maturity Model For Achieving The Perfect Order

The Hidden Cost of Plug-in Hybrid Fleets

The savings as well environmental benefits of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) vanish when fleet drivers fail to charge and become overly reliant on the gasoline engine.

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Robots to Outnumber People at UPS’s Massive New Warehouse

The package-handling giant plans to fill the $79 million facility with more than 3,000 robots by 2024 to handle tasks like lifting, reducing the need for manual labor.

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Walgreens Wants Stores to Double as Fulfillment Centers

Walgreens said that its new initiative will make the management of online orders more efficient by creating a single system for handling goods.

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How Crowd-Sourced Delivery Can Help Online Shoppers Get Their Purchases Same-Day

Customers’ expectations for delivery are always moving toward freer and faster, and for retailers, it can feel like the goalposts are constantly moving. Crowd-sourced delivery can help.

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Royal Mail Fined by U.K. Regulator for Missing Delivery Targets

The company delivered more than a quarter of first-class post late, with only 74% arriving on time in the 2022-23 financial year, far below its statutory target of 93%.

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Truckload Demand Was Positive YoY for the First Time in Nine Months, Study Finds

LTL tonnage and shipment count are expected to maintain reduced overall levels through the end of 2023 and into 2024 following the shutdown of Yellow Corp.

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How a Leading U.S. Floral Distribution Company Reduced Warehouse Labor Costs by 45% with RFID

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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