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Developing Resiliency by Reducing Logistics Fragmentation Cooperation and collaboration could become the buzzwords of the 2020s. The need for both will become even greater — particularly in the

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Managing Fleet Replacement in 2021 With COVID-19 public-health mandates in place, shipping activity has been more heavily dependent on transporters, meaning more miles have been put on trucks. As

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More Miles Between Breakdowns, but Higher Repair Costs for Fleets While trucking fleets, on average, increased their miles between breakdowns during the second quarter, repair and maintenance

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The Monthly Metric: Time to Ship One of the metrics that could be top of mind for many companies over the holidays is time to ship — not to be confused with lead time, though the former can

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Navigating the Last-Mile Maze The dynamics of last-mile delivery have become increasingly complex: Due to the coronavirus pandemic, e-commerce has skyrocketed, and delivery costs and surcharges

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Commercial Drone Delivery Is Still Far From Taking Flight The drone industry, particularly within the U.S., remains largely limited to testing and pilot programs, and there are impediments to

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Holiday Shopping and Spending, Pandemic Style The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has far-reaching supply chain impacts, including how people are expected to shop this holiday season. With

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A ‘Complex and Highly Skilled’ COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution With the U.S. setting records for coronavirus cases and hospitalizations on a near-daily basis — with no signs of slowing — and

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Quantifying the Impacts of Disruptions, Large and Small Supply chain disruption has been a constant during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A report from Miami-based business consultancy The

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Incoterms 2020: An Improvement, But … On its website, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) states that the International Commercial Terms (Incoterms) rules for domestic- and

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