It’s the Final Countdown for UPS, FedEx, and the Postal Service
With the Christmas holiday just a week away, retailers and shippers are scrambling to make sure that their supply chain networks are firing on all cylinders for seamless deliveries. And if things...
View ArticleE-Commerce Growth Brings Last Mile Headaches
During the second half of 2014, Clint Reiser and I worked on an extensive survey examining the omni-channel commerce landscape. One of the key findings from that research was on the growth of...
View ArticleThis Week in Logistics News (April 4 – 10)
Yesterday morning, I had a nice relaxing cup of coffee outside and finally enjoyed some warm weather. That’s because I spent most of the week in Atlanta attending a conference. Well, in reality it was...
View ArticleThis Week in Logistics News (September 26 – October 2)
Sunday night brought a lunar eclipse. But this wasn’t any ordinary lunar eclipse. This was a total lunar eclipse of a super moon (a super full moon). A rising super full moon looks much larger than a...
View ArticleThis Week in Logistics News (October 10 – 16)
Cubs win! Cub win! And for the first time in the 100 years the Cubs have been playing at Wrigley Field, they clinched a post-season series at home. As Jason Stark pointed out, this was the 7,907th game...
View ArticleThis Week in Logistics News (October 24 – 30)
Tomorrow is Halloween. Pumpkins have been carved, pumpkin seeds have been roasted, candy has been bought (and opened, eaten, and more has been bought), and costumes have been purchased or made. And...
View ArticleIs Amazon Building a First Mover Advantage in Logistics?
Amazon.com undoubtedly reaped first mover advantages in e-commerce. Amazon continues to steal market share from traditional retailers year after year. Many in the logistics and financial industries...
View ArticleUPS and Additive Manufacturing: Managing a Megatrend
UPS Invests in a 3D Printing Firm to Learn UPS actively monitors emerging technologies including 3D Printing. 3D Printing, also known as additive manufacturing, was not that interesting to UPS...
View ArticleAmazon to Take On FedEx and UPS
The flying warehouse patent that Amazon recently announced is pie in the sky. Nor does much progress appear to being made toward drone deliveries. But the news that Amazon plans to build its first...
View ArticleAmazon, FedEx, and UPS Prepare for the Post COVID World
On Monday, my home state of Massachusetts announced the official details regarding the state’s four-phase plan to re-open the economy during the coronavirus pandemic. Phase 1 comes in a two-wave...
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