Overview of FedEx’s Parcel Shipping Operations FedEx offers various shipping services that deliver parcels to residential addresses such as FedEx Home Delivery®, FedEx Ground®, FedEx 2-Day®, FedEx Express®, and FedEx® International shipping. Shippers can compare these...
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How Technology Advances in Logistics Companies are Transforming Shipping
What Is a Logistics Service Company? A logistics service company is an outsourced company that offers supply chain management services, including procurement, inventory management, demand planning, warehousing, transportation, and customer service. Logistics service...
Key Differences Between Supply Chain and Logistics Management
What Is Supply Chain Management? Supply chain management (SCM) is the management of a network that helps businesses meet customer demands by sourcing raw materials, producing, and delivering products as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. It also includes the...
Supply Chain Audits for Logistics: Different Types to Keep in Mind
What Is a Supply Chain Audit? Supply chain audits offer in-depth insights into your supply chain processes and identify corrective actions for internal and external parties. There are two types of supply chain audits, internal and external audits (also called supplier...
10 Ways to Future-Proof Your Business
You can ship stronger, smarter, and with agility–all you need is a plan. A plan that takes you from wherever your supply chain stands right now, to a ‘sky’s-the-limit’ operation. Here is a summary of 10 ways you can do just that, with the details to follow.1. Know...
The Role of Logistics Centers in the Supply Chain
What are logistics centers? A logistics center is an area that provides various logistics services, including warehousing, transportation, and storage to businesses and shippers. These large facilities are purpose-built to help companies move closer to transportation...
Top 7 Logistics Challenges in the Supply Chain and How Shippers Can Overcome Them
Top 7 Supply Chain Challenges for Shippers Shippers worldwide have been struggling with logistics disruption since the pandemic, and as a result, they have to deal with a great deal of uncertainty. The increasing variability of customer demand, labor and equipment...
FedEx Holiday Shipping Deadlines Your Company Needs to Know in 2022
FedEx Holiday Schedule 2022 FedEx shipping and parcel services are closed for most holidays, except for a few services. On FedEx holidays, FedEx doesn't pick up or deliver packages. Some FedEx offices stay open to accept packages, but deliveries don't happen unless it...
The UPS Holiday Schedule 2022 for Shippers
UPS Holiday Schedule 2022 Like post offices, banks, and schools, parcel services are closed on holidays to allow employees to spend time with their families. Some postal companies make exceptions by offering pickup and delivery services even on these days via select...
Logistics KPIs Your Business Can’t Ignore
What are Logistics KPIs? Logistics KPIs are metrics that businesses use to measure the performance of their supply chain processes, from purchasing and procurement to final delivery to the end customer. Tracking logistics KPIs helps companies better understand the...