How the Uberization of freight is transforming logistics – From FreightWaves LIVE: Chicago Day 1 Bill Driegert, Senior Director Uber Freight.
To launch out of the gate on today’s episode, we tackle tough-minded Amazon and how they recently decided not to allow 3rd party sellers to use FedEx Ground and FedEx Home due to their shipping performance. A shipping performance below 98% on-time delivery won’t cut the mustard. Then, we take a quick look at where […]
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