La relocalización y la sostenibilidad están cambiando la visión logística de las empresas

Las tendencias globales de sostenibilidad incentiva una reconfiguración global de las cadenas de suministro, haciendo que las compañías busquen nuevos proveedores, lo que representa una oportunidad de desarrollo para los países en los que se implementan estas cadenas de logística.

https://logistica360.pe/la-relocalizacion-y-la-sostenibilidad-estan-cambiando-la-vision-logistica-de-las-empresas/

FedEx drops ‘peak’ from surcharge vocabulary

FedEx Corp. has made it official: It is dropping the word peak from its description of delivery surcharges and replacing it with the word demand.

Effective Sept. 4, “any reference to ‘peak’ in a surcharge name will be replaced with and rebranded as “demand,” the company (NYSE: FDX) said in a notice on its website. The notice said that “during times of elevated volumes, high demand for capacity, and increased operating costs across our network, FedEx will implement demand surcharges. Demand...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-drops-peak-from-surcharge-vocabulary

Parcel market dilemma: Excess capacity with stagnant demand

By Satish Jindel

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

The parcel market is facing a supply-demand imbalance of the type and magnitude not experienced in the past 30 years or longer. Given the stagnant demand and no new initiative on the horizon to encourage consumers to spend more money on goods, supply will exceed demand for the next three or more years.

It started with the sudden COVID-19...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/parcel-market-dilemma-excess-capacity-with-stagnant-demand

UPS can offset higher labor costs with modest rate hikes, analyst says

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UPS Inc. should be able to offset the higher labor costs from its tentative five-year contract with...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ups-can-offset-higher-labor-costs-with-modest-rate-hikes-analyst-says

Check Call: Here lies Yellow

Welcome to Check Call, our corner of the internet for all things 3PL, freight broker and supply chain. Check Call the podcast comes out every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. EDT. Catch up on previous episodes here. If this was forwarded to you, sign up for Check Call the newsletter here.

In this edition: The fallout from Yellow’s anticipated bankruptcy, UPS loses big to FedEx, and Hub Group throws down against the competition.

(Image: Twitter)

It’s said that when one door closes another one opens. Here’s...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/check-call-here-lies-yellow

Estimated 5% of UPS’ daily parcels diverted due to strike concerns

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UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) lost about 5% of its domestic average daily volume, almost exclusively to rival...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/estimated-5-of-ups-daily-parcels-diverted-due-to-strike-concerns

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