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原文传递 MAKING THE CASE FOR A Cloud-Based Multi-Carrier Shipping System

题名：	MAKING THE CASE FOR A Cloud-Based Multi-Carrier Shipping System
正文语种：	eng
摘要：	RISING TRANSPORTATION COSTS, a truck driver shortage, and carrier capacity crunches are all creating new complexities for shippers in the current operating environment. Add a persistent labor shortage, the e-commerce boom, and the need for robust consumer data protections to the equation, and the situation becomes even more difficult for the typical company to navigate. "Most successful organizations are exploding at the seams in terms of order volumes versus where they were just 12 to 24 months ago," says Mike Eisner, VP of business intelligence at Logistyx Technologies. "Many of them are turning to automation to handle that growth in volume, knowing that if they lack the systems to be able to scale up, they're going to have a hard time handling the velocity of the volume of outgoing orders."In the absence of a multi-carrier shipping system that's based in the Cloud, companies are forced to rely on a combination of disparate transportation management solutions, e-mail, phone calls, and spreadsheets to manage their global parcel networks. And while they may have sufficed when order volume was low, the 44% uptick in e-commerce orders in 2020 pushed many of these antiquated solutions to their breaking points."Consumer behaviors have changed dramatically as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic," says Ken Fleming, president, at Logistyx. Even after the pandemic threat has faded, the shift to online consumption is expected to both continue and grow. Seeking more connectedness, convenience, and price-competitiveness, buyers will put new pressures on shippers that aren't already using a Cloud-based, multi-carrier system to orchestrate their global parcel shipments.
出版年：	2021
期刊名称：	Logistics Management
卷：	60
期：	8