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Re:Convoy collapse: Read CEO's memo detailing shutdown of Se... by psunavy03 on Thursday October 19, 2023 @04:28PM (#37948286)
Everyone in startup world wants to come in and "hack" 3PL until they realize 3PL is a weird, complicated thing even if it's got a bunch of legacy players on legacy software. It's more or less like this: https://xkcd.com/1831/
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Re:Convoy collapse: Read CEO's memo detailing shutdown of Se... by duxup on Thursday October 19, 2023 @04:37PM (#37948393)
The logistics industry is really old, backwards at times, and lots of penny pinches.

But supply and demand for carriers and capacity is pretty dang fluid too... market forces are already REALLY at play in logistics lands.

If covid showed anything it was that while there would be hiccups if people can't get to work ... stuff still flows through the system pretty efficiently.

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