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42% of shippers are actively seeking solutions to help them improve efficiency across shipping operations. At the same time, 43% plan to increase their use of tech. If you share these goals, we’d love to meet you at the intersection.
The idea of shipping is a simple proposition, but under the surface is a complexity that supply chain professionals know well. That’s why Amazon Freight has built a team to help our largest shippers on each stage of their experience.
Meet Brent Kreider from Amazon Freight. He works closely with some of the biggest companies in the world to optimize their shipping and tap into Amazon’s network.
Peak season is heating up for many shippers and so are the events for transportation and supply chain professionals. At Amazon Freight, we’ll be on the road and hope to see you.
The new frontier for freight-tech is, unsurprisingly, artificial intelligence. At Amazon Freight, we’re leveraging the latest tech to make our network safer and more efficient.
Warm weather shipping has begun. At Amazon Freight, we’ve been trucking along and giving shippers access to the Amazon network. Here’s what else we’ve been up to.
Shipper tips
Three years ago, Hanna joined JW Fulfillment as a project manager, and she has been learning ever since. We sat down with her to hear what she’s discovered along the way and what other 3PLs and shippers can learn.
The holiday season is just around the corner, and that probably means your orders are picking up. When that happens, the chance for mistakes increases. With that in mind, here are the top tips to help keep your shipments moving smoothly for your customers.
For successful shippers, the little things are big things. Our research shows that Differentiators—those that optimize shipping to gain a strategic advantage—see shipping as something much more than just moving freight.
One of the fastest ways to gain an edge in business is to learn from others instead of starting from scratch. That’s why we asked shippers to tell us more about their operations. In the process, we discovered the qualities that set successful shippers apart from the rest.
What separates successful freight shippers from the rest? Is it something in their DNA? Do they have the most leadership support? Maybe they make significant investments in technology? Our research found that it is something else entirely: their mindset.
From my time in startups to the past nine years at Amazon, there’s been one constant truth: Getting transportation tech right is a complex puzzle with a lot of moving parts. It’s a monumental task to take an innovation from concept to roadworthy.
Customer stories
If you work in logistics at a company that sells water bottles, there’s no humor when your operations experience a “bottleneck.” Such backups send kinks throughout the supply chain. That’s what Joel McAllister of HydroJug faced on a weekly basis before they started using Amazon Freight.
When you work in the world of logistics, some days are filled with chaos and uncertainty. Hanna Xu is familiar with those type of days as a project manager for JW Fulfillment. With Amazon Freight, she’s found a provider that is a sense of calm in the storm.
When people want their coffee, they usually want it now. That’s the challenge Intelligent Blends faces each week. That means their freight provider has to be on point, says Adam Bartell, their manager of operations.
Bryan Cuevas, CEO of C Group Logistics, knows the feeling of watching a trailer leave his yard. “You need confidence it’s going to get where it needs to be.”
Before turning to Amazon Freight, Calgary-based Specialty Laminates had a major barrier, and that was freight.
“Where is my trailer?” That’s the question no shipper likes to ask, but Savie Yuan found himself posing it more often than he liked.