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<p>The hiring surge at package-delivery firms pushed payrolls there to a new high in July as companies geared up to handle the continued growth in online sales.</p>
<p>Courier and messenger companies added 3,200 jobs last month, the fourth straight monthly increase, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-hiring-maintains-strong-pace-jobless-rate-falls-to-4-3-1501849959">July jobs report</a> released Friday. Total employment at delivery firms reached 669,200, up from the previous high of 668,000 in December 2016 in a sector that has benefited from shifting consumer trends toward e-commerce and away from stores.</p>
<p>But hiring at warehousing and storage companies fell last month, cutting 2,200 jobs from June’s upwardly revised figure. Industry executives have reported difficulty in filling warehouse jobs, and the sector has added 33,500 jobs in the past year as companies including <a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/AMZN">Amazon.com</a> <span>Inc.</span> <a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/AMZN?mod=chiclets">AMZN <span>-0.22%</span></a> add distribution centers for online fulfillment.</p>
<p>Overall warehouse payrolls fell to 949,500 in July, from the June high of 951,700.</p>
<p>U.S. employers overall added 209,000 jobs in July, driven largely by service-sector growth. Health-care employers added 39,400 jobs, while food services and drinking places gained 53,100.</p>
<p>Manufacturing payrolls grew by 16,000 last month, when <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-manufacturing-activity-decelerated-in-july-1501597120">U.S. factory activity expanded</a> for the 11th consecutive month, according to the Institute for Supply Management.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/lift-in-demand-fuels-hopes-trucking-has-turned-the-corner-1500120000">Trucking companies</a>, whose business is closely tied to industrial demand, added 400 jobs in July as some carriers said they planned to boost their hiring this quarter.</p>
<p>Truckload carrier <a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/SNDR">Schneider National</a> <span>Inc.</span> <a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/SNDR?mod=chiclets">SNDR <span>0.95%</span></a> plans to add 300 driver jobs, the company said in an earnings call this month. Adam Satterfield, chief financial officer at <a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/ODFL">Old Dominion Freight Line</a> <span>Inc.,</span> <a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/ODFL?mod=chiclets">ODFL <span>-0.67%</span></a> said in an earnings call last week that the carrier—which handles goods for multiple customers on each of its trucks—expects to add “a couple of hundred employees” this quarter after increasing payrolls by 1% in the second quarter even as shipments rose more than 5%.</p>
<p>Logistics industry employers are already ramping up hiring in advance of the holiday season. Amazon held job fairs at sites around the country on Wednesday aimed at filling 50,000 new positions, mostly at the e-commerce giant’s fulfillment and package-sorting centers.</p>
<p>“Demand is higher now than it was even in the peak season,” said Brian Devine, senior vice president at ProLogistix, one of the largest logistics-staffing companies in the U.S.</p>
<p>Recruitment is especially challenging in transportation hubs such as Memphis, Indianapolis and Southern California’s Inland Empire, he said. “Companies are giving significant wage-rate increases now. They’re adjusting pay to match the competitiveness of the market,” Mr. Devine said.</p>
<p><strong>Write to</strong> Jennifer Smith at <a href="mailto:jennifer.smith@wsj.com" target="_blank">jennifer.smith@wsj.com</a></p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07355288975289501787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882781761835981942.post-40570118589802349762017-07-31T13:16:00.003-07:002017-07-31T13:16:13.880-07:00Amazon wants to install delivery lockers in your apartment building | Tech Gossip<div>
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<p>Over the past few years, Amazon has been on a<br />
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to get into your house. And if the ecommerce giant has its way, even your apartment building’s lobby won’t be out of its reach.</p>
<p>This week, Amazon unveiled The Hub. Similar to the Amazon Lockers that have popped up in supermarkets and convenience stores around the country, the Hub is a delivery locker meant for apartment buildings and housing complexes.</p>
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<p>According to Amazon, the Hub will accept all deliveries – not just those from Amazon. When a resident is ready to pick up their package, they will enter their PIN at the Hub’s touch screen, and the locker containing their delivery will swing open.</p>
<p>Residents will be able to access their building’s Hub at any time. It is unclear what fee, if any, Hub users will need to pay, but Amazon is advertising it as a must-have amenity for any building or housing complex.</p>
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so that property owners can request hubs for their buildings.</p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07355288975289501787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882781761835981942.post-71491782135814617592017-07-31T13:16:00.001-07:002017-07-31T13:16:13.242-07:00Ecommerce Delivery: Setting and Meeting Customer Expectations – GrandCanals<div>
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<p>A recent article, <a href="http://multichannelmerchant.com/operations/study-finds-expectations-not-met-ecommerce-delivery/#_" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“Study Finds Expectations Not Being Met in Ecommerce Delivery”</a>, by Mike O’Brien of Multichannel Merchant describes the study results of a survey commissioned by Temando earlier this year. Not surprisingly, the study found that more than half the consumers would abandon their shopping cart if shipping costs were too high and 39% would abandon the cart if there were no free shipping. In addition, 43% of retailers have found that increased revenue could be driven through additional shipping choices.</p>
<p>Temando CEO, Carl Hartmann is quoted as saying, “Shipping is truly the last frontier for commerce, and retailers who master the use of technology to optimize the process are giving themselves the best chance to not only survive, but thrive in these trying times.”</p>
<p>While I agree with this statement, I would change the word “Shipping” to “Fulfillment.” Shipping is a critical component in meeting customer expectations, but the true customer expectation is the time from purchase to delivery, in other words, Fulfillment. It is in this realm where Amazon has set the standard for price/service performance. With over 100 fulfillment centers throughout the US, Amazon holds inventory close to its customers, enabling quick delivery. In addition, utilizing a wide spectrum of delivery carriers including UPS, regional carriers, USPS and their own drivers, they continue to evolve an efficient delivery process.</p>
<p>Competing with Amazon is no doubt difficult. But as Mr. Hartmann says “retailers who master the use of technology to optimize the process are giving themselves the best chance to not only survive, but thrive in these trying times”. In order to do this, there has to be a deep understanding of the current operation and the current customer experience. This understanding requires detailed information about the current processes, including order-to-ship time, ship-to-deliver time, inventory locations, back orders, and errors, as well as the expectation being set by the shopping site.</p>
<p>Using applications such as <a href="https://www.grandcanals.com/software/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">GrandCanals’ Fulfillment Intelligence Cloud</a> will enable a clear understanding of your starting point. As the fulfillment processes are improved, metrics will track the results. As service improves and additional shipping options are added to improve cost and reliability, the shopping site can more accurately set the delivery expectation.</p>
<p>Using fulfillment data will aid in locating inventory, selecting service modes and carriers, establishing reliable delivery commitment and improving pick/pack operations. Amazon will continue to be a fearsome competitor but most eCommerce retailers can improve their fulfillment processes. The goal should be to identify the delivery date on the product page, provide a reasonable selection of delivery time/cost options and to eliminate statements such as “ships in 24-72 hours” with no indication when the order is to be delivered. Implementing these types of improvements will undoubtedly increase conversions and help drive top line revenue.</p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07355288975289501787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882781761835981942.post-6757846729395972902017-07-20T10:40:00.003-07:002017-07-20T10:40:26.086-07:00New Amazon warehouse in Miami helps local delivery companies find new Business<p>Let’s face it; Amazon is the Godfather of all ecommerce sites. It is not only the biggest online retailer in existence, it is one of the biggest retailers on the planet, and is the 4<sup>th</sup> largest company in existence, period. That is a lot of commerce. Since Amazon doesn’t have a single retail store anywhere in existence that has meant a whole lot of shipping over the years, which has helped many local delivery companies in many areas find new business.</p>
<p>Miami is the next great Metropolis to benefit from the benevolent online retail giant. Amazon has opened a new warehouse in Miami as part of its warehouse growth initiative to fulfill customer orders as quickly as possible. The company is expanding large warehouses into many regions in an effort to improve customer service, speed deliveries and to keep up with the incredible delivery demand that the company generates.</p>
<p>This means that many <a href="https://alacritydelivery.com">local delivery companies</a> not only benefit from rush delivery orders, but they also meet new retail and ecommerce vendors that they can work with in the future. This can be a huge bonanza for local delivery companies, as many customers turn to Amazon for a number of reasons, such as:</p>
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<li>Quick turnaround and delivery: Local delivery companies can help new warehouses fulfill their initiative as rapidly and effectively as possible.</li>
<li>Customers don’t visit the store, the store visits them: The ease of shopping from Amazon, especially on built in platforms in devices such as the Kindle, is conditioning people to expect and enjoy the benefits of online shopping and delivery. You can shop from the comfort of your own home. Once people get used to this they start ordering more delivered goods, leading to an increased need for local delivery services.</li>
<li>Ease of ordering: It is as simple as perusing a few pages, searching for what you want and clicking on it. Amazon even has single click, secured easy ordering options. Simply put no company makes it easier to order goods, which means that more people tend to buy and return for more.</li>
<li>Immediacy: With a local warehouse and a great local delivery service, a customer can have their order fulfilled in hours at a very affordable cost. So why fight with crowds or go out?</li>
<li>Free Advertising and Promotions: Local companies and ecommerce sites that use Amazon get free advertising and promotions through the company, plus built in SEO and branding opportunities that the company offers its partners. This can lead to more business and an even stronger need for an excellent local delivery service in the Miami area.</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07355288975289501787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882781761835981942.post-75619980767097512862017-07-20T10:40:00.001-07:002017-07-20T10:40:25.249-07:00Local Delivery Companies hit it Big Because of Ecommerce Sites<p>The delivery industry is booming more than ever before, and for quite obvious reasons. The digital age and specifically ecommerce sites have provided a tremendous amount of business for local delivery services. In fact, many companies are looking for cost effective, quick, dependable delivery services to keep customers happy and to try and keep up with the high volume of business that is flooding the market today.</p>
<p><a href="https://alacritydelivery.com">Alacrity Package Delivery Service</a> is a Miami delivery service that has gained incredible market share thanks to the ecommerce boom. They are always ready to handle more business, but the high volume of deliveries from the tremendous amount of good purchased online has exposed them as one of the best, most efficient delivery companies in the Greater Miami area. As any ecommerce business could tell you, an ecommerce or local business that ships a lot of goods can only be as successful as the delivery company that they hire.</p>
<p>Ecommerce companies are getting more business than ever before, and are slowly eliminating long standing brick and mortar stores. Why go shopping when you can shop at the same price from the comfort and safety of your own home? There’s no fuss, no crowds, and you can shop for what you want in minutes from the comfort of your favorite chair. But that requires the services of a great local delivery service.</p>
<p>Here are some prime examples of why local delivery services are booming, and why local businesses and good ecommerce sites need to find great local delivery services to partner with now.</p>
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<li>Amazon – Amazon is the largest online retailer on the planet and is one of the 10 largest retailers PERIOD, without having one brick and mortar storefront. Far from the book exchange Amazon started as, the company boasts millions of customers and ships billions of dollars’ worth of merchandise each year.</li>
<li>EBay – This is the company that essentially started it all, offering a combination of bidding and selling platforms for anyone with anything to sell. Paypal was started to accommodate EBay transactions, and deliveries galore occur in many localities thanks to EBay.</li>
<li>Online Auctions – Who hasn’t heard of penny auctions? Online auctions account for many millions of dollars of shipping business each and every year.</li>
<li>Grocery Stores – That is correct, in many large cities people grocery shop online now, and the groceries are then delivered within hours. This is the trend of the future; soon virtual grocery stores will dominate the market.</li>
<li>Department Stores like Walmart and Target – These companies now ship nearly as much merchandise as they sell in their stores, accounting for tens of thousands of deliveries each and every day.</li>
<li>Local Ecommerce Stores – These are the companies that really need a great local delivery service to help them meet demand and grow market share.</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07355288975289501787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882781761835981942.post-90043628421976881342017-07-13T00:49:00.001-07:002017-07-13T00:49:24.594-07:00Why Using a Local Package Delivery Company Will Save You Money<p>While it might seem like a little thing, using a local delivery company can help you save money in a myriad of ways. Over time, the continued use of a local delivery company can add up to a good deal of savings. Aside from helping the local economy, using a local delivery company cuts costs in various methods. Here is a list of ways that using a local delivery company can help you save money over time:</p>
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<li><strong>Fuel</strong>: No driving to the store means no wasted gas. As we have all seen over the years gas can get quite expensive quite quick. Why waste gas money and wear and tear on your vehicle when you can very simply have goods delivered and save not only the cost but the time and the hassle as well. Isn’t the old saying ‘time is money’? Especially as gas and oil prices rise, the less you use your vehicle the more money you save, and using a local delivery company means that you are not wasting gas or oil.</li>
<li><strong>Shipping charges</strong>: Local businesses mean that little to no shipping charges will be required for delivery. The further an item is shipped the more shipping and freight charges are incurred. These costs aren’t eaten by the seller or by the manufacturer of any good, they are passed on somewhere to the customer. By using local delivery services to deliver things from nearby, you are reducing or even eliminating expensive shipping charges, keeping your money in your pocket where it belongs.</li>
<li><strong>Less Labor</strong>: The further that a package travels, the more people it will involve for delivery. By eliminating further travel you cut out the labor costs associated with a long trip. The goods don’t put themselves in a box or load themselves in a truck, label themselves or unload themselves. This means that people have to be paid to do these things. The more people that handle the package, the more people there are that have to be paid.</li>
<li><strong>Eliminate cross-state taxes</strong>: You may not notice it but some states have higher sales taxes than others. Some states, like Oregon and Delaware, don’t eve’ have sales tax. But you could still be taxed on goods, or taxed on goods at a higher rate, on goods that you buy that you have shipped to you from long distance. Local shipping on local goods eliminates the possibility of cross state taxes or fees that can quickly add up.</li>
<li><strong>Help the local economy, which in the long run helps you</strong>: This is not something that immediately puts dollars back into your bank account, but over time it can add up to a good deal of savings. Using local businesses and local delivery services means that you are putting money back into the local economy, which means you are helping to raise the standard of living. Over time that will mean a better quality of life for you and your loved ones, as basic economy 101 shows that a buoyant local economy tends to be good for the entire community.</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07355288975289501787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882781761835981942.post-81644579665551193302017-07-05T11:22:00.003-07:002017-07-05T11:22:25.329-07:00Free Shipping is Costing More (As Small Packages Flood Delivery Networks) :: Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nothing in life is free — and this includes free shipping, which has become an albatross around the necks of most retailers and parcel carriers.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Parcel shipping is the fastest-growing logistics sector. According to</span> <a href="http://www.supplychainquarterly.com/news/20170620-annual-state-of-logistics-report-shows-industry-looking-in-cloudy-rear-view-mirror/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">CSCMP’s Annual State of Logistics Report</span></i></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">published this week, “while overall transportation costs fell 0.7 percent last year, spending on package delivery services jumped 10 percent [to $86.3 billion].</span> <b>Parcel and express delivery has surpassed railroads as the second-largest logistics sector</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">behind motor freight [emphasis mine].”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The report goes on to state:</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">E-commerce has turned parcel delivery into the hottest logistics sector. Parcel volumes rose 6 percent last year as online retailers flooded delivery networks with small packages destined for individual consumers in their houses, apartments, offices, and dorm rooms. The surge shows no sign of abating as volumes rose 3 percent in early 2017, and forecasters predict parcel shipping revenues will climb to $93 billion by 2019 from $78 billion in 2015.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kudos to the authors for choosing the verb “flooded” to describe how small packages have overwhelmed delivery networks in recent years, especially those of UPS and FedEx. And if the forecasters are correct, the floods will continue…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">…which is why UPS on Monday</span> <a href="https://pressroom.ups.com/pressroom/ContentDetailsViewer.page?ConceptType=PressReleases&id=1497873904827-900"><span style="font-weight: 400;">announced</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">“a new peak charge applicable during selected weeks in November and December 2017 for U.S. Residential, Large Packages and packages Over Maximum Limits. The new charge is designed to enable UPS to continue to provide best-in-class value to customers while offsetting some of the additional expenses incurred during significant volume surges.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How much additional expenses is UPS incurring? About $4 billion this year to automate more package-sorting hubs and open new warehouses, as</span> <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/ups-to-add-delivery-surcharges-for-black-friday-christmas-orders-1497883509"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">in the</span> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wall Street Journal</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to the press release, “from November 19 through December 23, UPS will also apply peak surcharges to Large Packages [$24 surcharge] and packages that exceed maximum size limits [$249 surcharge]. These charges are in addition to normal surcharges applicable to such packages. When shipping packages that exceed UPS’s published maximum size limits, customers are encouraged to consider using UPS Freight.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What will be the impact of all these new charges? “The fees will force retailers to decide over the next few months whether to raise shipping prices—something that is difficult to do when online shoppers are reluctant to pay shipping fees—increase the prices of goods or eat the extra costs themselves,” writes Paul Ziobro from the</span> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wall Street Journal</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. “Some may seek to avoid the surcharges by spreading holiday deals to other weeks during the season.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We could also see more consumers opting for (or more retailers pushing consumers toward) click-and-collect. As Ziobro writes, “the charges apply only to residential deliveries, so retailers and shoppers may be able to avoid the charges by getting orders shipped to stores, an option retailers have been pushing for the past few years with varying success.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What will FedEx do? Probably thank UPS for taking the lead and implement its own surcharges too.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What will Amazon do? It will continue to lose money on shipping ($7.2 billion in 2016) and not care as long as the profits from its Amazon Web Services division continue to pay for it. Check out these charts from <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2017/true-cost-convenience-amazons-annual-shipping-losses-top-7b-first-time/">GeekWire</a>:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What will you do? Now that’s the hardest question.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Will we as consumers be willing to pay more for shipping? Probably not, that ship has sailed a long time ago. Amazon Prime, which has about</span> <a href="http://files.constantcontact.com/150f9af2201/77e5428e-4173-4044-bf3a-8e3e8cb8d8f1.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;">80 million members in the United States</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, has conditioned many of us to expect free 2-day shipping.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The options Ziobro highlights in his article are all valid options: try to shift demand to non-peak weeks and/or entice more customers to choose click-and-collect as a delivery option.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You can try to offset the increased shipping costs by becoming more efficient in other parts of your logistics operations — e.g., are you missing opportunities to consolidate orders into a single shipment? Are you <a href="https://talkinglogistics.com/2017/06/14/my-logistics-experiences-with-amazon-and-aaa/">still shipping lots of air</a>? Can you simplify and automate your pick and pack operations?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The bottom line is that free shipping is costing more, and as parcel shipping continues to grow and small packages continue to flood delivery networks, somebody has to pay the bill. UPS is basically saying, “I’m done holding this bill, it’s time for all of you to chip in.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The free lunch is over.</span></p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07355288975289501787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882781761835981942.post-49847032814688548122017-07-05T11:22:00.001-07:002017-07-05T11:22:24.698-07:00Is Walmart’s new last-mile delivery program brilliant — or a disaster in the making? | Retail Dive<p><img src="http://www.retaildive.com/user_media/cache/6e/72/6e72e9f36ca8ba3190435ca020609b54.jpg" /></p>
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<p>Walmart store associates may be coming soon to shoppers’ doorsteps.</p>
<p>Walmart announced earlier this month that it was <a href="http://www.retaildive.com/news/wal-mart-store-workers-now-delivering-packages/444117/">testing a new delivery method</a> — one that has store associates making deliveries on their way home from work. Marc Lore, president and CEO of Walmart U.S. e-commerce, pointed out on the company’s blog that 90% of the U.S. population lives within 10 miles of a Walmart store. Product is already being delivered to stores and associates can sign up each day to take packages to their final destination and earn a little extra money.</p>
<p>“Walmart has strength in numbers with 4,700 stores across the U.S. and more than a million associates,” Lore said. “Now imagine all the routes our associates drive to and from work and the houses they pass along the way.”</p>
<p>While the program is currently being tested at three stores — two in New Jersey and one in Arkansas — the system is an example of how multichannel merchants can further leverage their installed store base to compete with Amazon, its network of distribution centers, and a growing fleet of delivery options.</p>
<p>“This effort provides Walmart with even more control over the last mile, which we believe is critical in retail, and remains an advantage for brick-and-mortar retailers as speed to the customer gains increasing importance,” Moody’s Lead Retail Analyst Charlie O’Shea told Retail Dive in an email.</p>
<p>But while Lore’s technology-based approach and Walmart’s many stores may be up to the challenge, it’s an extremely complex endeavor that doesn’t quite fit with Walmart’s longtime efficiencies in consumer goods distribution, which entails the customer taking care of that last mile. The program is either an ingenious attempt to address last-mile delivery problems — or terribly misguided, depending on who you talk to.</p>
<p>As rival retailers ponder how to compete with Amazon’s robust delivery infrastructure and make the most of their store footprints, the discussion forum <a href="http://www.retailwire.com/discussion/can-walmart-workers-deliver-better-last-mile-results-on-their-way-home-from-work/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">RetailWire asked its BrainTrust panel of retail experts</a> the following questions:</p>
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<li>Do you see Walmart’s use of employees to make deliveries on their way home from work as a potential last mile game changer for the retailer?</li>
<li>What do you see as the benefits and potential pitfalls of this program?</li>
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<p>Here are eight of the most provocative and insightful comments from the discussion. Comments have been edited by Retail Dive for length and clarity.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.retailwire.com/author/mark-ryski/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mark Ryski, Founder and CEO, HeadCount Corp.</a>: I’m not sure if it will ultimately be a game-changer, but full points to Walmart for thinking about the delivery challenge in a completely new way. One of the big benefits is in providing employees an opportunity to earn additional income — essentially “Uberizing” employees’ commute home. Making the program voluntary is an important element of the program since not all employees will want to do this. And if this gets customers their deliveries sooner, that’s great too. Of course there are plenty of ways this could go wrong, but I’m sure Walmart will stress test the idea thoroughly before it gets too far. Overall, I think this is a great example of how innovation doesn’t always need to be just about technology.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.retailwire.com/author/ken-lonyai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ken Lonyai, Digital Innovation Strategist, Co-Founder, ScreenPlay InterActive</a>: Walmart is not known for the happiest employees. Even with pay, I don’t think too many will openly embrace this idea. If they do, there are umpteen things that can go wrong with this idea that make it sound, to me, like a cheap and desperate move by management. Back to the drawing board guys.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.retailwire.com/author/mel-kleiman/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mel Kleiman, President, Humetrics</a>: I am not a lawyer but all I see is a major liability problem for Walmart if one of those employees has an accident on the way to delivering an order. How are the workers going to be compensated for time and mileage?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.retailwire.com/author/steve-montgomery/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Steve Montgomery, President, b2b Solutions, LLC</a>: The concept sounds simple but as with many things the devil is in the details. An employee who is driving home from work is off the clock and no longer being paid by Walmart. However, if they are delivering packages for the company they would be eligible for compensation. If the time delivering the packages bumps them up to the number of hours to be considered full-time they would be eligible for the benefits that come with that status. If the delivery time took them over 40 hours, overtime would have to be paid. As an employee on the clock is Walmart still legally responsible for their actions?</p>
<p>Some other details would be: does the driver get paid mileage, who is responsible if they have an accident and what happens if the packages get damaged, stolen or lost in transit?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.retailwire.com/author/charles-dimov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Charles Dimov, Director of Marketing, OrderDynamics</a>: Game changer — no. Innovative? Definitely. Kudos to Walmart for looking at ways to improve and strengthen their service offering while improving their margins. Presuming they will pay their employees a benefit for doing this last mile delivery, it is another great way to tap into their own resources to drive the holistic benefits of omnichannel retail.</p>
<p>In fact, at a time when so many retailers have been closing their physical presence, this type of out-of-the box thinking needs to happen more with retailers. This empowers employees to make a difference that can count in supporting the company and their important roles. Well done Walmart — keep surprising us!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.retailwire.com/author/art-suriano/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Art Suriano, CEO, The TSi Co.</a>: Think back to the days of when in the ’50s and ’60s. We had the bread man, the milk man, the egg man and much more all making home deliveries. There was more than just a purchase of an item and payment; there was a relationship formed with the customer and the delivery person. I see the same benefit here with many of the store associates delivering items to customers. If they are well trained and engage with the customers they meet, this could be very beneficial for all parties involved.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.retailwire.com/author/ron-margulis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ron Margulis, Manager Director, RAM Communications</a>: One wonders if the employees will be picking up returns on their way to work.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.retailwire.com/author/christopher-ramey/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Christopher P. Ramey, President, Affluent Insights & The Home Trust International</a>: Independent and/or small businesses owners (and employees) have always delivered products “on the way home.” Why not? Employees will like it because they get out of the store earlier. They’ll also, if they carefully manage it, keep count on mileage for tax purposes. Management will enjoy leveraging a key differentiator: feet on the street to serve clients.</p>
<p>The only “ah-ha” to the strategy is why it took so long.</p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07355288975289501787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882781761835981942.post-48992103183060202492017-06-21T10:35:00.001-07:002017-06-21T10:35:16.434-07:00Local Delivery Companies Hit it Big Because of Ecommerce Sites<p>The delivery industry is booming more than ever before, and for quite obvious reasons. The digital age and specifically ecommerce sites have provided a tremendous amount of business for local delivery services. In fact, many companies are looking for cost effective, quick, dependable delivery services to keep customers happy and to try and keep up with the high volume of business that is flooding the market today.</p>
<p><a href="https://alacritydelivery.com">Alacrity Package Delivery Service</a> is a Miami delivery service that has gained incredible market share thanks to the ecommerce boom. They are always ready to handle more business, but the high volume of deliveries from the tremendous amount of good purchased online has exposed them as one of the best, most efficient delivery companies in the Greater Miami area. As any ecommerce business could tell you, an ecommerce or local business that ships a lot of goods can only be as successful as the delivery company that they hire.</p>
<p>Ecommerce companies are getting more business than ever before, and are slowly eliminating long standing brick and mortar stores. Why go shopping when you can shop at the same price from the comfort and safety of your own home? There’s no fuss, no crowds, and you can shop for what you want in minutes from the comfort of your favorite chair. But that requires the services of a great local delivery service.</p>
<p>Here are some prime examples of why local delivery services are booming, and why local businesses and good ecommerce sites need to find great local delivery services to partner with now.</p>
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<li>Amazon – Amazon is the largest online retailer on the planet and is one of the 10 largest retailers PERIOD, without having one brick and mortar storefront. Far from the book exchange Amazon started as, the company boasts millions of customers and ships billions of dollars’ worth of merchandise each year.</li>
<li>EBay – This is the company that essentially started it all, offering a combination of bidding and selling platforms for anyone with anything to sell. Paypal was started to accommodate EBay transactions, and deliveries galore occur in many localities thanks to EBay.</li>
<li>Online Auctions – Who hasn’t heard of penny auctions? Online auctions account for many millions of dollars of shipping business each and every year.</li>
<li>Grocery Stores – That is correct, in many large cities people grocery shop online now, and the groceries are then delivered within hours. This is the trend of the future; soon virtual grocery stores will dominate the market.</li>
<li>Department Stores like Walmart and Target – These companies now ship nearly as much merchandise as they sell in their stores, accounting for tens of thousands of deliveries each and every day.</li>
<li>Local Ecommerce Stores – These are the companies that really need a great local delivery service to help them meet demand and grow market share.</li>
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<p>DETROIT — Ford Motor Co.’s customer support division is quickly increasing an on-demand components supply enterprise that reduces the time sellers — and clients — have to attend for brand new brakes, hoses or filters from the manufacturing unit.</p>
<p>Known as Sizzling Shot categorical supply, the service permits sellers or unbiased restore outlets to name for a particular half and have it dropped off inside two hours. Sellers get the components from Ford distribution facilities, whereas independents get them from different Ford sellers.</p>
<p>Ford has supplied Sizzling Shot to its sellers since 2015 as a option to slash wait occasions at service facilities, officers say, though some sellers might have established their very own categorical components supply service previous to the event of the Ford program. Because the program’s formal introduction, the variety of sellers concerned has risen to 300, or roughly 10 p.c of the automaker’s complete community.</p>
<p>“This is only one extra device we’re placing within the sellers’ palms to assist them service their clients,” Andrew Loafer, supervisor of wholesale operations on the Ford customer support division, advised <em>Automotive Information</em>. “The underlying cause is that we need to enhance our buyer expertise.”</p>
<p>Harry Hollenberg, associate at consulting and analysis agency Carlisle & Co., mentioned the pattern can also be about stopping sellers from taking their enterprise to sooner third-party components suppliers equivalent to Napa or AutoZone and sticking with the OEM.</p>
<p>“That is about capturing elevated market share, however that is secondary to improved customer support,” he mentioned.</p>
<p>Identical-day service is a pattern only some automakers are adopting.</p>
<p>“Usually talking, the quickest you will get an element is subsequent day,” Hollenberg mentioned.</p>
<p>Toyota and BMW provide same-day components, he mentioned.</p>
<p>Volkswagen Group of America is monitoring rivals who provide same-day service, however the group’s components boss has mentioned he is skeptical the advantages outweigh the prices.</p>
<p>Sellers can join the Ford service and are accountable for paying for a devoted Sizzling Shot driver and supply car. Loafer declined to debate prices.</p>
<p>Loafer mentioned the recognition of the service has grown lately as a result of folks count on immediate gratification because of on-demand leisure or different retail providers.</p>
<p>A typical components supply includes vehicles filled with the identical sort of half. However generally, Loafer mentioned, outlets cannot be sure of demand, so that they keep away from stocking massive numbers.</p>
<p>Sizzling Shot permits them to order a single half at a time, typically a number of occasions a day.</p>
<p>Hollenberg mentioned the a number of deliveries for particular person components might make enterprise sense, relying on the automaker and supplier.</p>
<p>“Sellers solely have a lot room, and with some components they solely promote a number of a yr,” he mentioned. “There is not any method the supplier’s ever going to have all the pieces he wants on the shelf.”</p>
<p>Some sellers, equivalent to Village Ford in Dearborn, Mich., make 20 to 30 Sizzling Shot orders a day.</p>
<p>“These deliveries are going to 40 totally different clients together with different sellers and unbiased outlets,” Andrew Kochan, components supervisor for Village Ford, mentioned in a press release. “All are happy with the service and lots of are amazed by our dedication to serving to them higher serve their clients.”</p>
<p>Any Motorcraft- or Omnicraft-branded half is on the market by way of the service, however Loafer mentioned most orders are for high-volume objects equivalent to brake pads.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-using-delivery-drones/answer/Bonnie-Foley-Wong" target="_blank">Answer</a> by <a href="https://www.quora.com/profile/Bonnie-Foley-Wong" target="_blank">Bonnie Foley-Wong</a>, CEO Pique Ventures, on <a href="http://www.quora.com" target="_blank">Quora</a>:</strong></p>
<p>Thinking about the friends and acquaintances of mine that have worked in jobs requiring little or no experience, the types of jobs included mailroom, postal delivery or related jobs, cashier, construction, and driving taxis. My father immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong with a college education, but without enough recognizable qualifications and found stable employment fixing the machines that processed mail. I met a 3-D designer in Calgary, who had just lost his job as a result of oil prices collapsing and oil industry layoffs last year. He was driving a taxi to continue to provide for his family.</p>
<p>I know people who got jobs in banks decades ago as entry-level tellers. My mother, who similarly to my father, immigrated to Canada in the late 1960s with a college education, got her first job in Canada as a bank teller. She returned to work in a bank in the late 1980s after taking a long break to raise her children, thanks to skills re-training programs. She managed to find a job as a back-office clerk in the foreign exchange department until she was forced into early retirement due to automation of her job.</p>
<p>To people with qualifications and choices of employment, these roles may appear to be repetitive and a waste of a person’s mind and talents. There may be some truth to that. But sometimes they were also the difference between a job right away or months of rejections, the difference between poor and getting by, the difference between making rent and not. As more and more of these types of jobs are replaced by machines and automated, an unseen part of the social safety net disappears and is either difficult to replace or our economies and societies have not been quick enough to replace them.</p>
<p>There are pros and cons for individual actors involved in automation of delivery services. The overall impact on society and the economy depends upon other factors.</p>
<p>If jobs are automated with all other things remaining equal, it’s likely to have a negative impact on the US economy as a whole because one small, but resource-rich segment of the population will prosper and a larger, resource-scarce segment will suffer. That kind of imbalance, in the long-run, is not good for societies and economies.</p>
<p>We cannot deny that the pursuit of technological innovation is not happening and will not continue to happen. Is automation necessary? No, it’s a choice. Is it better? Again, no, it’s a choice about how we spend our time. On a very basic level, with my toddler, I notice the difference. Automation means plant her in front of the TV. It occupies her for hours on end and she looks like a zombie. The non-automated option is reading with her, building things together, running around outside together, dancing and making up songs together. Is it repetitive and mind-numbing? No, but it is hard staying a step head of her creatively. Is it rewarding? You bet it is. I digress, but it does show the benefit of looking at automation and technology from another perspective. Automation is not automatically good or better.</p>
<p>So what are the potential positive and negative effects of automating delivery?</p>
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<li>Automation has positive effects for shareholders and senior management of companies that implement it as an efficiency and cost-saving strategy. Senior management gets rewarded through their compensation. Shareholders are rewarded through returns on investment. Both get disproportionate shares of the savings.</li>
<li>Customers may receive their deliveries more quickly or reliably. I think customers are unlikely to see cost savings (they might see prices maintained and eventually prices creep up).</li>
<li>Delivery people lose their jobs and those remaining in their jobs (such as in related jobs) are unlikely see their salaries and wages increased as a result of automation and cost-savings.</li>
<li>The people displaced from delivery jobs have less to spend and save. They may draw on social security in the interim period after their jobs disappear which puts pressure on economies and governments to create other employment opportunities. If there are skills re-training opportunities, someone has to pay for them. Broadly speaking, re-training is funded from someone’s own savings (i.e. past earnings), by the government (i.e. taxes or other sources of revenue – redistribution of earnings across the nation), philanthropy (i.e. redistribution of earnings from wealthy people or corporations), or through borrowing and loans (i.e. from future earnings). The impact on the economy is less spending and redistribution of earnings from somewhere.</li>
<li>Like certain environmental issues, I see most companies implementing automation seeing job displacement as being someone else’s problem and do not spend nor invest any money to fund the education, training, or support require to help people through the change.</li>
<li>There are increasingly fewer entry-level jobs where no experience is required, thereby placing greater pressure on education and skills re-training programs to adequately equip people for employment. Education and skills re-training programs are currently not adequately keeping up with the change in technology and mix of types of employment available to people, but we can change that.</li>
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<p>There is no right or wrong with automation. By now, we are certainly no strangers to automation. It is an individual choice that we make to create it or adopt it for ourselves and it is a collective choice that we make to adopt it widely and make it a norm in society. Being sensitive and attentive to the potential negative impact of automation on people around us and then doing something about it, helps ensure that automation is overall a positive development for societies and economies. Thinking not only about ourselves, but also about the interests of others and the environment around us is a very human quality. It’s something that we shouldn’t forget and shouldn’t let others tell us otherwise.</p>
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<p><strong>Amazon</strong> (<a href="https://www.thestreet.com/quote/AMZN.html">AMZN</a>) has reportedly formed a team that’s dedicated to developing self-driving technologies well beyond the realm of cars, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-team-focuses-on-exploiting-driverless-technology-1493035203?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according</a> to the <em>Wall Street Journal</em>.</p>
<div> At least 12 employees were assigned to the group more than a year ago to examine how driverless vehicles could help Amazon deliver packages more quickly, the <em>Journal</em> reports, citing sources familiar with the matter. This means that the e-commerce giant is unlikely to build its own fleet of self-driving cars; rather, the team looks at how unmanned trucks, forklifts and drones can be used to streamline what is considered to be one of the most crucial steps in Amazon’s delivery supply chain: last mile delivery.</div>
<div> Last mile delivery is the process of delivering packages from a transportation hub to a final destination that’s usually a residence. Amazon has launched <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-earnings-highlight-expanding-logistics-network-2017-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a number of services</a> to make last mile delivery operate more efficiently, such as Prime two-day shipping, Prime Now (which provides one- and two-hour delivery) and, soon, Prime delivery via unmanned drones. The last mile phase is one of the most expensive steps of delivery and self-driving vehicles could pare some of costs, said Jan Dawson, chief analyst at Jackdaw Research. During the last mile delivery phase, the vehicle has to make single-package trips to every destination, while in earlier stages, multiple packages can be delivered together by sea, air or land, Dawson noted.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07355288975289501787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882781761835981942.post-68170451000747724922017-05-11T10:31:00.001-07:002017-05-11T10:31:59.254-07:00RECORD SET FOR LONGEST DRONE URBAN PACKAGE DELIVERY IN THE U.S. – NIAS-Airspace<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong></p>
<p><strong>Contact: Jennifer Cooper, </strong>jcooper@diversifynevada.com (702) 486-2709<br />
<strong>Communications Director, Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development</strong></p>
<p><strong>AUSTIN, TEXAS (May 10, 2017)</strong> – A new record has been set in long-distance drone delivery. On May 5, 2017, a Nevada UAS Consortium (Team Roadrunner) set the record flying a fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) over 97 miles to Austin, Texas using cellular connectivity.</p>
<p>Launched from a central Texas urban location, the UAV flew a preplanned route through the National Airspace System (NAS) using a combination of a mobile command and control (C2), a visual observer team, and stationary visual observers (VO) located across the flight route were equipped with enhanced radios and cell phone communications which allowed the UAV to be flown using a cellular communications link until it successfully landed and delivered its package in Austin, Texas.</p>
<p>Team Roadrunner consisted of the FAA-designated Nevada UAS Test Site (Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems), Volans-i UAS, Latitude UAS, AUV Flight Services, and the ground and mobile visual observer support from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Worldwide campuses.</p>
<p>“This was the most challenging, logistically-intensive, and longest package delivery demonstration recorded to date using cellular technology in the NAS, and allowed us the opportunity to demonstrate innovative capability – a demonstration necessity for the UAS industry,” <strong>said Dr. Chris Walach, Director of the FAA-designated Nevada UAS Test Site and Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Aeronautics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide.</strong> “Assembling a resilient team, being at the right place at the right time, with the right innovative technology, and entrepreneurial perspective is what allowed us to accomplish this mission.”</p>
<p>Walach continued, “Drone package delivery in an urban and remote environment is the wave of the future, and Nevada is leading and helping to grow this major commercial endeavor. These package delivery milestones prove that new UAS technology enables the safe integration of UAS into the NAS for long-distance and urban package deliveries.”</p>
<p>Nevada previously conducted historic package delivery BLOS demonstrations in Hawthorne, Nevada at over 39 miles as well as the first publicly-recorded package delivery to a Reno, Nevada homeowner.</p>
<p>For this mission, to embed an additional layer of safety into this operation, visual observers were placed along the route and a ground mobile visual observer team was deployed in remote areas.</p>
<p>“Team Roadrunner was organized and very professional to work with. It is very exciting to be part of something truly ground breaking. Integration of students and alumni on similar projects with NIAS in the future extends our outreach to the industry,” <strong>said Dr. Scott Burgess, Associate Professor, College of Aeronautics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide.</strong></p>
<p>“Aviation has evolved much since the days of the Wright Brothers and I truly believe that unmanned systems are going to revolutionize the aviation industry and beyond; I am proud that Embry-Riddle faculty, students, and fellow Alumni are actively playing a part in this incredible journey,” <strong>said Kandi Windham, Campus Director, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide, Houston, Texas.</strong></p>
<p>“This was an extremely complicated mission. Making sure that the UAS met all the performance characteristics was only one piece. Great emphasis was placed on flight safety, airworthiness, communication, command and control as well as air and ground coordination, and VO logistics. The Volans-i, Latitude, AUV Flight Services, and the NIAS team worked extremely well together. Given the complexity and the ultimate success of the mission, it is clear to me that we couldn’t have picked a better team,” said <strong>Hannan Parvizian, Volans-i Founder.</strong></p>
<p>“Creating a safe and thriving drone industry is an incredible challenge, especially when you couple that with drone package delivery. The loss of communications during a long flight is a real concern, but because of this mission, cellular technology can be relied upon to ensure that communication with a drone is not lost over a long-distance delivery. The record-breaking success of Team Roadrunner’s aerial package delivery mission proves that diligent testing in complex conditions will lead to drone delivery becoming reality,” <strong>said Steve Hill, Executive Director of the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development.</strong></p>
<p>The Nevada UAS Test Site is one of seven Federal Aviation Administration-designated UAS Test Sites.</p>
<p>The Nevada UAS Test Site planned this mission in consultation with the Lone Star UAS Test Site based out of Corpus Christie, Texas.</p>
<p><em><strong>Photo Caption:</strong> Pneumatic Part Delivered</em></p>
<p><img src="http://nias-uas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/volansi-1.jpg" alt="volansi 1" width="252" height="336" /><br />
<em><strong>Credit:</strong> Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems</em><br />
<em><strong>Photo Caption:</strong> HQ-40 UAS on final approach for its 97-mile delivery</em></p>
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<p><em><strong>Credit</strong>: Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems</em></p>
<p><em><strong>Photo Caption:</strong> HQ-40 UAS on 97-mile flight demonstration</em></p>
<p><img src="http://nias-uas.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/volansi-3.jpg" alt="volansi 3" width="318" height="297" /></p>
<p><strong><em>Credit:</em></strong><em> Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems</em></p>
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<p><strong>About the Governor’s Office of Economic Development</strong><strong>:</strong> Created during the 2011 session of the Nevada Legislature, the <a href="http://www.diversifynevada.com/">Governor’s Office of Economic Development</a> (GOED) is the result of a collaborative effort between the Nevada Legislature and Governor Brian Sandoval to restructure economic development in the state. GOED’s role is to promote a robust, diversified and prosperous economy in Nevada, to stimulate business expansion and retention, encourage entrepreneurial enterprise, attract new businesses and facilitate community development. More information on the Governor’s Office of Economic Development can be viewed at <a href="http://www.diversifynevada.com/">www.diversifynevada.com</a> .</p>
<p><strong>About the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS): </strong>The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) and FAA-designated Nevada Unmanned Aviation Test Site leads the growth of the Nevada Unmanned Aviation Systems (UAS) Industry through business teaming relationships, collaborating with primary research institutions on UAS research and development, and enhancing the Nevada UAS Industry knowledge base to attract new and permanent business and create jobs in the State of Nevada. Learn more at <a href="http://www.nias-uas.com./"><em>www.nias-uas.com.</em></a></p>
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<p><strong>About Volans i</strong>: Volans-i provides the fastest & cheapest on-demand delivery service for time-critical shipments over long ranges. We help our customers save millions of dollars on down-time & inventory costs and gain control over their supply chain by leveraging drone technology as a transportation method.</p>
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<p><strong>About Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University:</strong> Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in unmanned systems at campuses in Daytona Beach (FL) and Prescott (AZ), online and through the Worldwide Campus in Nevada and around the globe. Professional education programs are also available.</p>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07355288975289501787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7882781761835981942.post-62559813630951949642017-05-02T09:09:00.003-07:002017-05-02T09:09:59.016-07:00Keep Your Eyes on the Rapidly Evolving Shipping Industry<p>We all know that the internet has changed shopping. More brick-and-mortar stores are closing almost as quickly as product review sites are growing, and the entire advertising industry seems to have been left dizzy and confused. There’s also one industry in particular that’s steadily growing in the background that most of us aren’t paying much attention to: shipping.</p>
<p>Every time you buy a piece of jewelry off Etsy, a home good item off Amazon or order a custom piece of furniture from a small-scale artisan, you’re supporting the shipping industry just as much as you’re supporting those retailers. It’s no wonder that it’s growing and evolving almost as quickly as ecommerce itself.</p>
<p>If you’re an entrepreneur, the rapidly evolving shipping industry is one you’ll want to keep your eye on whether you’re interested in selling your products online or you want to get skin in the game yourself.</p>
<h2>Fleet tracking technology</h2>
<p>Possibly the most impactful advances in shipping in the past few decades has been the introduction of <a href="https://www.fleetcommander.com/advantages-of-measuring-driver-and-vehicle-behavior/" target="_blank">highly advanced fleet tracking software</a>. These systems, which entail hardware installed in the computer of trucks and other shipping vehicles that send information back to central headquarters in real time, have been critical in optimizing routes, fuel usage and even employee rest times.</p>
<p>Fleet tracking software is also critical to the security systems for shipping companies, as it is now standard for them to allow central controllers to cause trucks to slow down or even brake (gradually). This technology can mean the difference between a robbery and an arrest, or an ill driver being saved or suffering a fatal accident.</p>
<p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fleet-management-market-expected-reach-143000191.html" target="_blank">Fleet tracking technology is a steadily growing industry</a>, and it’s no wonder: With more delivery trucks, ships and trains going out every day, there’s more vehicles than could ever be tracked manually by a human team. This industry is bracing for yet another explosion of growth in the near future, as drones and self-driving vehicles become closer to reality.</p>
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<p>As of 2011, more than<a href="http://alaskaairforwarding.com/shipping/global-shipping-trends/" target="_blank"> 60 percent of maritime workers were over the age of 50</a>, and less than 1 percent were under 25. That means that the workforce is aging quickly and we can expect many of those positions to become vacant or replaced by artificial intelligence.</p>
<p>How soon will self-driving trucks, a la <em><a href="https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/03/logans-eerie-vision-of-the-future-of-trucking.html" target="_blank">Logan</a></em>, be on the road? It’s hard to tell. What’s not so hard to tell is that with each new advance in artificial intelligence, there will be less employees needed. While this may seem like a harsh truth, it does mean that more highly skilled workers will be hired to manage what is quickly transforming from a manual labor industry to a technology industry.</p>
<p>From an entrepreneurial standpoint, it’s important to keep in mind that shipping is moving away from simply managing labor. As an industry, it’s moving quickly toward becoming much more closely aligned with the navigational and automotive technology industries than ever before. If you’re interested in building great new hardware, focus on shipping — it will continue to be one of the fastest growing industries for decades to come.</p>
<p>For those looking to break into an industry that isn’t already overflowing with startups (I’m looking at you, messaging apps and luxury food trucks), take a good hard look at shipping. Until humans stop buying things online, the shipping industry will continue to grow at a steady pace. That means that there will be constant competition among those companies that <em>are</em> in the industry, and each will be looking to make their systems more efficient. Companies that offer ways to cut down delivery time, fuel costs and hazards for drivers will see their own growth skyrocket.</p>
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<p>Shipping companies, ranging from startups to the biggest package handlers, are vying to help small retailers compete with <a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/AMZN">Amazon.com</a> <span>Inc.’s</span> <a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/AMZN?mod=chiclets">AMZN <span>-0.44%</span></a> rapid expansion of free shipping.</p>
<p>Logistics companies say demand for fulfillment services has ballooned in the past year, as Amazon casts a bigger shadow across the retail world and the shipping market. Retailers are rushing to offer faster, cheaper delivery to keep customers from flocking to Amazon Prime, which promises two-day shipping on millions of items. Shipping companies fear the e-tailer will starve their networks by handling more of its own orders.</p>
<p>They see a lifeline in going after smaller customers, ranging from retail startups to midsize national chains that can’t afford to match the billions of dollars Amazon, <a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/WMT">Wal-Mart Stores</a> <span>Inc.</span> and other major retailers are spending to speed delivery.</p>
<p>It is a shift in strategy for companies like <a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/FDX">FedEx</a> <span>Corp.</span> , which until recently tailored their e-commerce services mainly to giant retailers needing to quickly process thousands of shipments a day. Now, they are betting even tiny online storefronts will pay for access to nationwide networks of warehouses, trucks and planes that can whisk online orders to customers’ doorsteps in less than 48 hours—even if Amazon’s growing same-day delivery service remains out of reach for most.</p>
<p>“There is no universe where you can beat Amazon’s shipping prices,” said Stefan Weitz, chief product and strategy officer at Radial, which handles online orders from about two-dozen warehouses and clients’ stores. “I don’t have to beat Amazon. I have to get close enough to provide a service level to my customers.”</p>
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<p>Sterling Partners, a private-equity firm, formed Radial about a year ago by acquiring <a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/EBAY">eBay</a> <span>Inc.’s</span> e-commerce solutions unit and merging it with another online shopping services provider. The company works with national chains, including <a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/DKS">Dick’s Sporting Goods</a> <span>Inc.</span> and PetSmart Inc. Radial uses sales and other data to determine where to keep inventory, so it is the warehouse in Jacksonville, rather than Minneapolis, that has plenty of sandals to ship to shoppers in Miami. The company is one of the largest shippers using United Parcel Service Inc.’s ground service, allowing it to offer lower rates to retailers, a spokeswoman said.</p>
<p>In February, FedEx said it had started a new service managing fulfillment for smaller retailers. The company can pack merchandise from up to 400 sellers in a distribution center in Indianapolis and, soon, a second facility in southern California, said Ryan Kelly, a senior vice president at FedEx Supply Chain. A technology platform will distribute inventory across different locations, allowing customers to reach 98% of Americans via two-day ground shipping. FedEx previously offered that level of service mainly to department stores and other big customers that needed multiple warehouses for themselves, Mr. Kelly said.</p>
<p>Newer entrants include startups like ShipBob, which runs fulfillment centers in Los Angeles, Chicago and Brooklyn, and Red Stag Fulfillment, operating out of three facilities in Tennessee and Utah. These companies pool orders from hundreds of customers to negotiate lower shipping rates than the retailers could get on their own.</p>
<p>Just north of Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood, ShipBob, which opened its first warehouse less than two years ago, stores merchandise from over 300 retailers in rows of neatly stacked white plastic bins. Workers walk the aisles, plucking out jars of artisanal mustard and organic conditioner, which they hand off to packers who prep the items for shipping.</p>
<p>ShipBob in February more than doubled the size of its Brooklyn warehouse and plans to open a fourth facility in May as some of its customers’ sales take off.</p>
<p>“We help them to grow, and they help us to grow,” said Kieran O’Leary, director of operations at the Brooklyn warehouse.</p>
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<div><span>Kieran O’Leary, left, director of operations at ShipBob’s Brooklyn warehouse, works with a colleague. ShipBob in February more than doubled the size of its Brooklyn warehouse.</span> <span><span>Photo:</span> Brian Harkin for The Wall Street Journal</span></div>
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<p>Amazon pioneered many of the tactics these companies are using. Fulfillment by Amazon, started in 2006, today ships items for third-party sellers of all sizes out of all of the company’s 149 fulfillment centers world-wide, including 75 in North America, a spokesman said.</p>
<p>“Amazon is rewriting the book on fulfillment,” said Satish Jindel, president of research firm SJ Consulting Group Inc. “They do it from A to Z—they get you the visibility, make sure the product is available and take care of the order.”</p>
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<p>Many sellers are wary of handing over fulfillment to Amazon, which is selling more products under its own brand. <a href="http://quotes.wsj.com/ECOM">ChannelAdvisor</a> says Amazon handles less than 3% of client orders not placed on the site. Radial, ShipBob and others promise in marketing materials to help smaller retailers meet the higher expectations for shipping set by Amazon.</p>
<p>Peter Wong said he hired Red Stag to level the playing field with bigger sellers online. Mr. Wong is chief operating officer at SwimSpray, which makes a spray that removes chlorine from skin and hair. He said negotiating directly with big delivery companies was “embarrassing” because SwimSpray didn’t have the order volumes to secure steep discounts. Companies that didn’t specialize in fulfillment couldn’t ship orders out reliably.</p>
<p>“Ultimately, what [Red Stag] allowed us to do is focus more on selling rather than focus on how do we get something from point A to point B,” Mr. Wong said.</p>
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<p>—Jennifer Smith contributed to this article.</p>
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<p><strong>Armonk, N.Y.- 28 Apr 2017:</strong> IBM (NYSE: <a href="http://www.ibm.com/investor/">IBM</a>) today announced that its inventors have been granted a patent for transferring packages between drones during flight. The invention described in <a href="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=9561852&OS=9561852&RS=9561852"><strong>US Patent No. 9,561,852</strong></a><strong>: In flight transfer of packages between aerial drones</strong> helps to extend the range of drones that are delivering packages from a warehouse to a customer’s home. IBM inventors developed this patented system using their supply chain expertise to enable precise delivery services to customers using drones.</p>
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<p>Drones are starting to be used to transport packages to customer locations, but there are still numerous challenges to this delivery method such as: limited flight range, theft of unattended packages once delivered, and a lack of delivery network optimization. This invention can help to mitigate these challenges by providing in-flight drone-to-drone package transfers to extend package delivery range.</p>
<p>For example, a customer expecting a package could dispatch a personal drone to receive and securely deliver the package to the customer’s home. Drone delivery network optimization could be provided to autonomous drones via the communications link described in the patent.</p>
<p>“Drones have the potential to change the way businesses operate and by leveraging machine learning, drones could change ecommerce,” said Sarbajit Rakshit, IBM Master Inventor and co-inventor on the patent. “Our inventor team is focused on improving how the most valuable cargo is delivered globally. This could create opportunities such as managing drones to deliver postal packages and medicine in developing countries via the most direct route.”</p>
<p>IBM inventors have patented other inventions related to drones and drone-enabling technologies. However, this is just one aspect of IBM’s Supply Chain and Logistics expertise. IBM manages supply chains for clients on a worldwide basis using <a href="https://www.ibm.com/watson/supply-chain/">IBM Watson Supply Chain</a>.</p>
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<p>As consumers turn to online shopping in droves, it’s time for delivery to get the same upgrade.</p>
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<p>Amazon Prime Air conducted a successful <a href="http://wonderfulengineering.com/amazon-completes-first-delivery-by-drone-in-only-13-minutes/">drone delivery</a> in the UK just a few months ago. Amazon just performed the first public demonstration of the Amazon Prime in the US, and it was captured on video.</p>
<p>The demonstration was made at the Amazon’s MARS robotics conference in Palm Springs, and the video is not the promotional one that Amazon released for its UK delivery. This one was recorded by an observer. Reportedly, Amazon Prime Air delivered sunscreen.</p>
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<h1><strong>Local Delivery Companies Create New Jobs with Amazon</strong></h1>
<p><strong>Miami</strong>—Alacrity Delivery, a local parcel delivery service, is helping to create new jobs thanks to seeking a partnership with Amazon and other national warehouses. Alacrity offers a variety of delivery options that caters to the needs of many businesses throughout the Miami-Dade, Broward, and West Palm Beach Counties. Customers have their choice between the Miami-based courier service, the hot shot delivery, or their e-commerce delivery. Open seven days a week, the company strives to delight their customers with their readiness to help in any situation, whether it’s a small package or large cargo. They ensure service is affordable, fast, and personalized no matter which of their solutions is chosen.</p>
<p>The Miami courier service allows a courier to pick up packages that are time-sensitive and deliver them safely. This set-up helps customers keep their deadlines even in emergencies. While they offer simple one-time deliveries, their hot shot delivery service allows clients to receive scheduled pick-ups for delivery that same day. The service can be used for deliveries within the company, bank deposits, outgoing shipments and much more.</p>
<p>Their services expand beyond just delivering packages. The company’s work in e-commerce assists retailers in reducing the price on shipping. They can cut costs by providing integration that is real-time to their clients’ internal customer service platforms, ERP that provides back-end trace and track functionality, and order entry software. These provisions ensure a smooth transfer of delivery and manifest information, such as XML and EDI.</p>
<p>All of Alacrity Delivery’s solutions are geared to help local businesses with reliable efficiency that they might find lacking in other companies. They strive to differentiate themselves by being dependable and flexible with their availability. Their attempts to be professional while personal seem to be paying off as they continue to grow in the South Florida area.</p>
<p>The company continues to reach new heights in its services as they consider expanding their services to drone delivery. Their willingness to constantly evolve to help businesses in more efficient ways has done great things for the Miami area they serve. With Alacrity Delivery actively seeking a partnership with Amazon and other national warehouses, they are hoping to create new jobs for locals and bolster their business. Those interested in learning more about Alacrity Delivery are encouraged to visit the company’s website at <a href="http://alacritydelivery.com">Alacrity Delivery</a>.</p>
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<p>There are express trucking companies, but they are not exactly the same as hot shot delivery services. Hot shot delivery services deliver smaller loads than normal in an express fashion, usually same day or within hours. These deliveries are more expensive than regular deliveries or even express deliveries, but you pay for the speed. Drivers haul less but get paid more for the premium based on the time of the deliveries that they make.</p>
<p>Here are several things to consider when choosing a hot shot delivery company to suit your needs:</p>
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<li><strong>Dedicated hot shot drivers</strong>: Not all companies that offer hot shot delivery service have dedicated hots hot delivery drivers, but this can be exceptionally important if you need your light haul delivered by a specific time. Hot short drivers understand the importance of meeting a deadline, no matter how difficult, so your package gets where it needs to be intact, on time.·</li>
<li><strong>Make sure they are properly insured</strong>: As this is a rush job and the hauler will be delivering a light cargo, it is imperative the insurance is available, enough insurance, in case something does go wrong. The last thing you want is a destroyed package delivered quickly without full and fair value as recompense.</li>
<li><strong>Make sure there are no weight and size limitations</strong>. A true hot shot delivery service will deliver any size package where it needs to be, when it needs to be delivered. That is why you pay a high premium for the hotshot service. If they start tacking in extra terms and fees, it’s not worth it.</li>
<li><strong>Make sure the company has a full staff of contracted hot shot drivers</strong>: Hot shot deliveries are tough on truck delivery drivers, as there is often no stopping between deliveries, long days and long distances to be covered. The last thing you want is an overworked hot shot delivery driver after 4 or 5 non-stop delivery days being responsible for your package. Make sure the truckers are dedicated to hot shot delivery, but get ample down time.</li>
<li><strong>If you are industry specific, find an industry specific delivery line or service</strong>: There are plenty of medical hot shot delivery services, agricultural hot shot delivery services, commercial hot shot delivery services, and even livestock hot shot delivery services. Your cargo is precious, and may require special attention. Plants need water, drugs and blood samples need certain temperatures and atmospheres, so choose accordingly.</li>
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<p>If you are looking for a dependable and speedy hot shot delivery service then contact <a href="http://alacritydelivery.com/services/hot-shot-delivery/">Alacrity Hot Shot Delivery</a>. Alacrity also offers courier services, express delivery, pick up and drop off, as well as, notary services.</p>
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<p>Alacrity Delivery: <a href="https://alacritydelivery.com">https://alacritydelivery.com</a></p>
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<p>People love the convenience of wanting something and then being able to order it right from the convenience of their own home. The problem is, in many cases, their order isn’t shipped or doesn’t arrive for weeks. This is frustrating and irritating for customers, and usually means they will not give a business a second chance. This is a death knell for many e-commerce businesses, which hardly get off the ground and then go belly up because they can’t deliver on their promises.</p>
<p>The fact is, if you have an e-commerce business, prompt delivery is an important facet of your service. People want something and they don’t want to wait forever for it, which is one reason they order the item from their own home, right when they think of it. Don’t let poor shipping practices put your ecommerce business out of business before it even really gets started. Set up a local <a href="http://alacritydelivery.com/services/scheduled-delivery/">scheduled delivery service</a>, and you won’t have to worry about shipping issues or time consuming trips to the post office ever again. Think of the benefits that a regular shipping service can provide.</p>
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<li>Routine shipping times. You can tell people with confidence that their order will be delivered by such and such a date, because you know when it will be picked up and when it will be in route.</li>
<li>Your business can offer guaranteed shipping dates.</li>
<li>You can save time and money with no more painstaking trips to the post office.</li>
<li>You can even let people know that if they want their order delivered by such and such a date and time, they must order it by a certain time as you have scheduled deliveries. This can even help influence the purchase decision by the customer so they go ahead and buy from your ecommerce store.</li>
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