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Automated Packaging Power
A fit-to-size auto-boxing technology that measures, constructs, tapes, weighs and labels each hard or soft single- or multi-item order in one seamless process. Utilizing up to three corrugate feeders and one operator with single or dual induct stations, shippers can package up to 500 orders per hour and increase order fulfillment efficiencies. Due to its custom-fit boxes, shippers can experience a 50% reduction in shipping volume and 88% reduction in packing labor.

Automated Packaging Power
A fit-to-size auto-boxing technology that measures, constructs, tapes, weighs and labels each hard or soft single- or multi-item order in one seamless process. Utilizing up to three corrugate feeders and one operator with single or dual induct stations, shippers can package up to 500 orders per hour and increase order fulfillment efficiencies. Due to its custom-fit boxes, shippers can experience a 50% reduction in shipping volume and 88% reduction in packing labor.

Automate Your Way to More Profits
Reduce or eliminate void fill with a fit-to-size box, resulting in a better unboxing experience and a greatly reduced per-unit cost.

Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index highlights strong growth for global parcel volumes
In 2018, the report said that global parcel volume came in at 87 billion, which was up 17% compared to 2017’s 74 billion and the highest ever recorded since the index has been published. What’s more, despite a high level of uncertainty in regards to global trade, it expects this tally to more than double to 200 billion parcels by 2025, coupled with a 13.7% compound annual growth rate from 2019-2023.

The Big Picture: On-Demand Delivery on Your Doorstep
The latest iteration of last-mile delivery is rapidly changing not just how quickly we take delivery of our latest purchase, but the picking and packing of orders in the distribution center.

Move to seven-day ground delivery by FedEx continues to raise the stakes in parcel market
When FedEx announced last week that it plans to launch residential delivery seven days a week for most of the United States, effective January 2020 in an effort to “further serve the fast-growing e-commerce market,” it was viewed as big news, and that very much remains the case just a few days later. It is hard not to see it any other way, it seems, given that the e-commerce clearly continues to take a lasting hold on how we shop, coupled...

Parcel roundtable ‘leftovers’ shine a light on key parcel trends
A close eye on Amazon's current and next moves and adjusting last mile strategies are major cogs to supply chain success.

Automated Packaging Trend
Have you automated as many steps as possible in your parcel packaging process? This webinar reveals how top B2B and B2C companies are changing the game and leading the industry by automating their packaging process, sometimes even eliminating 8 - 16 packing stations.

Holiday Season Heightens Challenges of Online Returns for Retail Supply Chains
Although online retailers are coming to terms with the high return volume that comes with online shopping, reducing the cost associated with those returns remains a top priority.

Material Handling Systems to acquire VanRiet
Acquisition to complement worldwide capabilities in express parcel, third party logistics, and warehouse and distribution customers.

Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant Names Kuebix as Prominent TMS Player
Gartner analysts said in their report that Kuebix continues to build out its product capabilities in close relationship with its client base.

Report indicates Amazon is prepping for a new delivery service
The most recent example of global e-commerce powerhouse Amazon expanding its logistics portfolio was highlighted in a Wall Street Journal report published today. According to the report, Amazon is taking steps to introduce a delivery service for businesses, entitled “Shipping with Amazon” (SWA), that would position it as a direct competitor with the parcel duopoly of UPS and FedEx.

E-Commerce Expansion Fuels Robust Returns with National Returns Day Expected to Hit New Record
In December, more than 1 million returns occurred each day before Christmas, and today's National Returns Day, 1.4 million returns are expected, a fifth consecutive annual record, up 8% from prior year.

Your Transportation Management System Can Help Manage the Amazon Effect
Bridging the gap between the order management and warehouse management systems can maximize routes, deliveries, and customers’ experience.

Convey survey drives home importance of efficient holiday deliveries
A recently released survey by Convey, an Austin, Texas-based provider of cloud-based technology that helps shippers connect disparate data and processes from parcel to freight and first to last mile, highlighted the many delivery-related pain points consumers deal with, especially around the holidays, as well as their delivery and service expectations.


 


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