Last mile
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Last Mile
Commentary: Final mile deliveries are the most challenging
Market expert David Faulkenberry explains the details of final mile delivery.
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FreightWaves TV
Off the Supply Chain: The Last Mile Final Frontier
Consumer demands and expectations are rising dramatically. Up to 25% of consumers are willing to pay extra for same-day delivery. Some estimate same-day delivery will…
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What the Truck?!?
Amazon’s shot at FedEx, 737 MAX minimized, and a tribute to American Shipper – WTT?!? [podcast]
photo credit: Amazon On today’s episode – Just in time for the holidays, Amazon cans FedEx over on-time delivery, Boeing 737 MAX stops going, a…
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Intermodal
E-commerce poised to influence next surface transportation bill
E-commerce’s role in transforming supply chain logistics should be a factor that Congress considers during the next surface transportation bill authorization.
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Last Mile
Is the U.S. final mile market size $8 billion or $417 billion?
Market Expert David Faulkenberry writes about the increasingly important "final mile" and why estimates of its size vary so widely.
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Asia-Pacific
Logistics provider LBC Express slips into the red
In what appears to be a trend, another transport and logistics company has reported a weak overall year-to-date but with a steeper downward dive in…
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Last Mile
The final step of the final staircase of the final mile
Sometimes, beyond the final mile there are even bigger challenges. Here's one story:
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Finance
Ben Gordon: Amazon earnings miss highlights competition in last mile
Tech-enabled last mile is still in early innings, and there are a number of competing strategies.
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Last Mile
Drones will land ecommerce deliveries in your backyard soon
Flytrex is an Israeli on-demand small payload drone delivery company that will be delivering products ordered online straight to the consumers’ house.
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Last Mile
Amazon announces purchase of 100,000 EV delivery vehicles from Rivian — the largest order ever
The deal coincides with an ambitious new initiative aimed at making Amazon carbon neutral by 2040.
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