White House to announce that three of the largest U.S. goods carriers, Walmart, FedEx and UPS, will be upping their efforts to address supply chain shortages resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
The carriers"will make commitments towards moving to 24/7 working during off-peak hours," senior administration officials said on a call Tuesday evening.
"The federal government will be a strong and willing partner in this effort in the near term but also in rebuilding a better system for the 21st century," the officials said."We'll be working with stakeholders across the supply chain for a 90-day sprint to the end of the year to troubleshoot and alleviate many of the bottlenecks we can quickly address.
The officials said that UPS and FedEx combined to ship 40 percent of U.S. packages by volume last year and that by taking this step,"they're telling the rest of the supply chain you need to move it, to let's step it up."
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