Tag: Logistics

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When Air Freight Hubs Become Soft Targets, Your SLA Shifts
Industry News

When Air Freight Hubs Become Soft Targets, Your SLA Shifts

A drone struck Europe's biggest express cargo hub (Leipzig). For Canadian importers and forwarders running air freight from Europe, this changes the SLA math. You now have a geopolitical variable you cannot control.

FedEx Robots Loading Faster: What Your Montreal Dock Feels
Industry News

FedEx Robots Loading Faster: What Your Montreal Dock Feels

FedEx has expanded its pilot of autonomous trailer loading from Dexterity Inc. at its Hagerstown Hub. Faster US consolidation cycles tighten drayage pickup windows for Canadian importers. Importers and 3PLs who don't adapt dock-to-stock cycles to compressed inbound timing will lose margin in Q4.

Parcel carriers dumped the pack. Your warehouse got the bill.
Industry News

Parcel carriers dumped the pack. Your warehouse got the bill.

DHL built itself by receiving loose shipments, packing, labeling, moving the whole stack. That model is economically dead in parcels. Parcel carriers have shifted the labor to importers or to warehouses like FENGYE LOGISTICS at the dock, and the Canadian supply chain is paying for it in drayage delays and dock congestion.

LCL and FCL Consolidation: What Works at a Montreal Warehouse
Warehouse Operations

LCL and FCL Consolidation: What Works at a Montreal Warehouse

LCL and FCL consolidation are not the same operation, and a Montreal warehouse running both has to staff them differently. The math works when you know your dwell time, your dock-to-stock SLA, and when a partial container sits cheaper than a full one waits.