The air cargo industry is bracing itself for the impact of measures taken to halt the spread of the deadly coronavirus in China. Overnight, British Airways announced that it would suspend all direct flights to and from mainland China, with others expected to follow. United Airlines, Cathay Pacific and Air Canada are amongst the other…
Today, we’ll dive into the two highly publicized worker strikes Amazon experienced, the motivations behind them, and the new initiatives announced presumably as a response to hopefully answer the question: Is Amazon taking the right steps?
The purpose of logistics and supply chain providers are to increase overall efficiency of a company, cut both hard costs and soft costs, decrease errors and mitigate risk, and accomplish everything on time. Logistic companies are typically sorted into two categories: asset-based and non-asset based. A non-asset based logistics service provider does not own assets…
We hear it all the time in meetings or in sales pitches. Every business claiming to, “exceed expectations and heighten the customers’ experience”. But, what does it really mean? When talking to other businesses regarding how they create an excellent customer experience, most resort to describing typical customer expectations. In logistics, that means delivering to…
If you’re in the logistics industry, then you are all too familiar with the shortage of truck drivers. Already, there have been reports of us currently being short by about 60,000 drivers with that shortage possibly tripling by 2026. With automation just around the corner, there are now new studies suggesting maybe the threat isn’t…