by synterresourcegroup | Mar 23, 2018 | Blog, Business Insights, Transportation and Logistics |
Shipping is an enormous cost in business, but it is also a cost that customers are stubbornly unwilling to support. A study covered in Marketing Land found that 9 out of 10 online shoppers ranked free shipping as their #1 incentive to spend more money online, ahead of...
by synterresourcegroup | Feb 22, 2018 | Blog, Transportation and Logistics |
International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on March 8th, and March is Women’s History Month. Some of the innovators and pioneers in the transportation field include these women whose names deserve to be remembered every month of the year. Alice Huyler Ramsey...
by synterresourcegroup | Feb 12, 2018 | Blog, Transportation and Logistics |
In her TED talk, Rose George goes in depth about the shipping industry and current challenges that the industry faces; one of these challenges being ship hijacking by pirates. Many believe that shipping is an obsolete industry that is old-fashioned. However, Rose...
by synterresourcegroup | Feb 5, 2018 | Blog, Transportation and Logistics |
Transporting billions of goods and accounting for 90 percent of global trade, the global shipping industry has become an integral part of life in the 21st century and shows no sign of slowing down. However, such seaborne shipping comes at great human and environmental...
by synterresourcegroup | Jan 24, 2018 | Blog, Transportation and Logistics |
Truck drivers transport the majority of goods across the country. According to the American Trucking Association, more than 70 percent of consumer goods in the United States are transported by trucks. The number of truckers is dwindling, and the industry as a whole is...
by synterresourcegroup | Jan 24, 2018 | Blog, Transportation and Logistics |
Overview – 2018 Shipping Changes The first and biggest shipping change for 2018 is pricing. The other major change that takes effect in 2018 is Executive Order 13777 which reduces unnecessary regulations under the Regulatory Reform Task Force (RRTF). Changes in...
