Logistics

Industries

Amazon Hogs the Road As Freight Speeds Toward the Future

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The company is opening up its less-than-truckload service to all businesses, letting anyone reserve space by the pallet in its trucks.

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Big Tech

Amazon Opens Up Its Sprawling Logistics Network, Dealing Painful Blow to UPS, FedEx

Amazon’s supply chain has a long established lane in customs clearance from China to the US, which is very appealing for potential customers.

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CIO Upside

Why It’s So Hard to Modernize Your Outdated ERP

Fractured ERP systems are “going to get fewer returns on your investment.”

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Economics

Amazon’s Ex-Logistics Boss Takes on Supply Chain’s ‘Franken-Software’ Monster

Dave Clark, who created Amazon’s mammoth, world-leading logistics network, announced in a LinkedIn post that he’s starting his own venture.

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