Roadway of the USA has bought into the next-day delivery service of Arnold industries. Roadway Corp is the parent company of Roadway Express, the FTL/LTL freight company. Arnold’s existing logistics business will be sold back to the owner.
Read MoreA top executive of a large supplier in the automobile industry is reputed to have said: “As soon as a customer orders a car with pure leather seats, General Motors wants the cow in the field to start trembling.”
This hopefully apocryphal statement can be seen as an accurate summary of recent developments in business and industry.
Over the past few years, most companies have focused on improving their internal processes. In the majority of cases, this phase has now been completed, and commercial and industrial companies are currently concentrating on optimising interactions between individual firms. Companies are not only using sophisticated supply chain management systems (SCM) and innovative computer-based products to cut costs, however.
The U.S. Postal Service, trying to compete more aggressively with shipping companies, is offering its first-ever discounts on two- and three-day delivery service between U.S. cities and more than 200 other countries
Read MoreDM News has reported that “the U.S. Postal Service is offering rate discounts to customers who buy the Global Express Guaranteed service online. Global Express Guaranteed, the USPS’ premium international shipping service, is an expedited delivery service offered as a result of an alliance with DHL Worldwide Express. It provides date-certain delivery service from designated U.S. ZIP codes to locations in more than 200 countries and territories. It consists of two mail classifications: Global Express Guaranteed Document Service and Global Express Guaranteed Non-Document Service. The USPS is offering the rate discounts to customers who prepare and pay for their shipments online, offering a standard discount for all such transactions and volume-based discounts for customers who ship minimum volumes weekly.”
Read MoreDMA joind FEDMA. Includes size of DM markets in US and Europe
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