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Sizing up Peak Season and the Parcel Market with John Haber, Transportation Insight

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews John Haber, president of the parcel business unit, for Transportation Insight.

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Sizing up Peak Season and the Parcel Market with John Haber, Transportation Insight
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During this podcast, Haber provided a detailed overview of key trends and themes in parcel, express delivery, and last-mile logistics sectors. Topics covered included: Peak Season prospects; rates and pricing; current service levels; and Amazon's logistics growth, among others. 

John Haber is the president of the Parcel Business Unit of Transportation Insight a Hickory, NC-based multi-modal, lead logistics provider that partners with manufacturers, retailers, and distributors to achieve significant cost savings, reduce cycle times, and improve customer satisfaction rates through customized supply chain solutions. 

Prior to joining Transportation Insight, John was CEO and founder of Spend Management Experts, which was acquired by Transportation Insights earlier this year in January.

John Haber has more than 25 years of supply chain experience and has helped some of the world’s leading brands drive greater efficiencies through their supply chain operations while reducing transportation, distribution and fulfillment costs. Haber began his career at UPS where he held various executive level positions in corporate finance and corporate strategy and was instrumental in developing profitability and costing models.

He also managed the carrier’s National Accounts Profitability Group, where he audited the pricing and profitability of UPS’ top customers. Haber’s finance background, combined with decades of experience working with high volume shippers, enables him to offer unique insights on strategic supply chain planning including distribution model optimization, transportation cost analysis, and carrier contract optimization and compliance.


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Jeff Berman
Jeff Berman is Group News Editor for Logistics Management, Modern Materials Handling, and Supply Chain Management Review and is a contributor to Robotics 24/7. Jeff works and lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where he covers all aspects of the supply chain, logistics, freight transportation, and materials handling sectors on a daily basis.
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FedEx Corp. provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual revenues of $44 billion, the company offers integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand.



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