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Thousands of start-ups are capitalising on the success of this $6bn industry

AU Manufacturing

billion courier industry, that saw exponential growth when online shopping boomed during COVID, is one of the country’s most resilient and lowest-risk industries, being classified as an essential service throughout the pandemic. At CP, 130 small-business Franchise Partners have joined its network in the last year alone.

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Streamlining your supply chain: Automating order management processes

AU Manufacturing

For many business owners, getting a full overview of their warehouse, inventory, and courier relationships is one of the most painstaking tasks in their day-to-day operations, as something as small as a payment error, missed deadline, or delivery issue can be enough to lose customer loyalty.

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Mushiny Intelligent 3D Sorter receives RBR50 award for logistics innovation

Robotics Business Review

The annual RBR50 awards honor the top 50 robotics companies for their leadership in automation hardware and software, business models, and emerging applications. The company operates across more than 20 countries and regions, with overseas markets making up 50% of its business.

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‘Drones are better for the planet than traditional means of transport’: Alex Landowski, Medical Logistics

E&T

The co-founder and managing director of Medical Logistics isn’t just talking about the day-to-day frustrations of getting across town by car for anything as routine as a business meeting. He’s discussing the main obstacle to the reliable delivery of urgent medical supplies such as blood.

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How fleet operators are making the switch to EVs

E&T

Amazon and Hertz have placed orders for 100,000 EVs in the US to replace ICEs in, respectively, their delivery and rental fleets. Courier DHL aims to have more than 80,000 in its global fleet by 2030. They already track deliveries or usage or, in the case of BT, the UK’s largest telecoms company, maintenance.

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Why more IoT isn’t the answer to supply chain disruption

E&T

Research suggests that businesses with optimal supply chains can halve their inventory holdings, reduce their supply chain costs by 15 per cent and triple the speed of their cash-to-cash cycle. Yet global supply chain disruption is still costing the average large business £150 million a year.

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Distribution demons: A look at pallet networks

SMMT

Pallet networks are co-operative organisations made up of groups of hauliers across the UK working together to provide next-day freight delivery services. Bomfords provides its customers, including pharmaceutical and packaging firms, with warehousing, full loads, groupage and two-man delivery services.

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