Last Mile Pharma The transportation and delivery of pharmaceuticals involves complex maneuvering all along the supply chain. Pharmaceuticals are a high-value freight requiring strict temperature control, advanced warehousing, increased visibility, and coordination between all partners. The last mile in the pharma supply chain is critical to...
Green Phase According to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, Eastern Pennsylvania will enter the Green Phase on June 26th. June: eCommerce Accelerates During COVID crisis Here at Blue Eagle Logistics, we fully expect capacity to tighten in the near future as demand for eCommerce last mile delivery services increased 11.8% in...
The Amazon Effect and Final Mile Delivery According to Forbes’ Insights, the rise of the “Amazon” effect is changing distribution patterns. “In particular, customer demands for ever more rapid fulfillment are forcing businesses of all kinds to warehouse their goods ever closer to intermediate and end-customers.”...
The Request for Quotation (RFQ) process must be updated. At a recent meeting of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition, Bill Rooney, VP of strategic development for Kuehne + Nagel, said that RFQs are a time suck. He explained that “many of them are way too complicated” and...
What is final mile delivery? According to Business Insider, “In a product’s journey from warehouse shelf to customer doorstep, the “last mile” of delivery is the final step of the process--the point at which the package finally arrives at the buyer’s door. In addition to being...
Yellow Phase Eastern Pennsylvania will enter the Yellow Phase on June 5, Governor Tom Wolf explained during a press conference on May 22. April: Low Spot for Logistics Industry April was a bad month for the freight market. According to the latest Cass Freight Index, “freight shipments fell nearly...
