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Ikea: Why is it so bad at delivery?

Posted on September 13, 2013 | Leave a comment

Another great example of segmentation by logistics need.   Firms who want to do home delivery well employ last-mile 3PLs and schedule the delivery when you pay for the goods at the store. Sears is an example.  Those 3PLs are getting very good at next-day delivery, and in some cases, at setup and installation. It’s a supply chain liaison that pays dividends for both.

Ikea: Why is it so bad at delivery? | The Operations Room.

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Do It Yourself: Lowe’s creates house chassis fleet

Posted on September 11, 2013 | 1 comment

Who is going to supply chassis for containers in the US? It’s an ongoing question I’ve been interested in for a while.  Ocean carriers used to do it; they owned about 30% of all chassis used to move shipping containers around.  Now they have opted out.  Well, not exactly; they formed a separate company called CCM to pool chassis and rent them to carriers.  but some companies are concerned about availability and road-ability, and could move to private fleets. Here’s a story about one.

Do It Yourself: Lowe’s creates house chassis fleet | AS Daily Newsletter | AS Daily | American Shipper.

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New legislation for US ports under consideration

Posted on August 31, 2013 | Leave a comment

Port Strategy newsletter says two US senators introduced legislation to change the taxing of cargo to raise more money and to prevent cargo escaping the fees by coming through Canadian ports and coming in by rail.  The Harbor Maintenance Tax is currently not always collected, and is open to the run-around through Canada with rail entry.

Port Strategy – New legislation for US ports.

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