Topic: Parcel Express

Last month, UPS announced that it rolled out a new service in Europe focused on urgent, time-critical shipments requiring special handling. Called UPS Express Critical, the company said examples of these shipments include things like aircraft parts or surgical tools that are particularly germane to the industries like healthcare, manufacturing and aerospace.

With summer rapidly approaching, keeping a watchful eye on the weather requires extra attention. A new offering from The Weather Company (TWC), a subsidiary of IBM, takes that much further, with this week’s introduction of its Operations Dashboard for Ground Transportation. TWC describes the dashboard as an offering geared towards optimizing workforce productivity and route selection for freight and logistics companies, and it is comprised of various weather-related data sources, including: precipitation, wind, fog, ice and pooling water, integrating...

In its “Global Transportation and Logistics M&A Deal Insights 2017,” report PwC noted that total first quarter deal value at $18.2 billion was down 38 percent compared to the first quarter of 2016 and was up 2 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2016. There were 63 transportation and logistics deals in the first quarter, which was up 26 percent annually and down 9 percent compared to the fourth quarter.

While a bevy of high-tech outfits have threatened to disrupt the current freight forwarding marketplace with their digitized offerings, established players are hardly standing still as far as innovation is concerned.

This differentiator—this “wow”—lasts for a period of time, but eventually becomes a minimum expectation for the consumer and is later described as a “required feature.”

Having the right fleet for your business can give you an advantage over the competition and lower transportation costs.

With operational efficiency and flexibility so crucial to success, Quintiq parcel and express solution is an integrated set of advanced and adaptive planning system that is optimized for the industry.

The facility, which is expected to be completed in late 2018, will be comprised of more than 1,100,000 square-feet on more than 110 acres and will create even more network efficiency and flexibility to manage business and consumer-directed package growth for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

This whitepaper describes real-world examples of how companies are using mobility to optimize the last mile for increased profitability, customer satisfaction, and compliance.

A new breed of leadership is creating a long-term vision to earn strategic relationships with shippers. Solid day-to-day execution and aggressive investment in technology set the direction for trucking’s new guard.

Special Digital Issue: Eight feature stories that neatly encapsulate the new technology and processes that are revolutionizing logistics and supply chain operations.

UPS recently announced it will build a Salt Lake City, Utah-based regional operations hub that will be among the largest processing facilities in its global package network.

Our panel provides an update on all the market shifts in store for parcel shippers—especially when it comes to pricing, service and managing an e-commerce-centric supply chain.

For the first time in a long time the parcel duopoly of FedEx and UPS are both operating under very distinct pricing models that no longer match, including accessorial charges like fuel surcharges and list rates, which now makes it much more difficult for shippers to compare prices between the two

It’s time to understand your parcel characteristics as well as how the carriers will view your business. If you can position yourself—and partners—to be a shipper that parcel carriers can serve profitably, you will be rewarded with better discounts and have stronger negotiating leverage.

For the quarter, the USPS posted a net loss of roughly $200 million, a figure which it said excludes the effects of a $1.7 billion change in its workers compensation liability triggered by interest rate fluctuations. And it added that controllable income came in at $522 million, which was down $735 million compared to $1.3 billion a year ago, with operating revenue down $155 million or 0.8 percent

Quarterly revenue was up 5.5 percent at $16.9 billion, while earnings per share at $1.63 came in below Wall Street expectations of $1.69 and full-year earnings per share was $3.87, with full-year revenue up 4.2 percent to $60.9 billion and setting a new company record.

UPS said late last month it officially completed its acquisition of Marken, a provider of global supply chain solutions for the life sciences industry based in Durham, NC and London, England. The acquisition was originally announced by UPS in early November, coming a little more than three months after saying it had expanded logistics capabilities for clinical trials. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Prior to Fashion Week earlier this fall in New York City, LM Group News Editor had a chance to talk with Greg Hewitt, CEO of DHL Express U.S, about his company’s involvement and role in Fashion Week from a logistics and supply chain perspective.

Quarterly revenue was up 4.9 percent annually at $14.9 billion, and earnings per share saw a 3.6 percent gain to $1.44, which matched Wall Street expectations. Among the drivers for the company’s strong quarterly performance were gains in domestic deliveries driven by e-commerce, strong deferred air shipments and next-day air, international daily package growth and an increase in daily export shipments, among other factors.