XPO Logistics Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Con-way Inc., the Fortune 500 provider of less-than-truckload and full truckload transportation, contract logistics and truck brokerage.

Retailers should be bracing themselves for heightened delivery expectations of so-called Generation Z, those individuals born after the late 1990s, whose media-saturated world has accustomed to them to instant access to things.

Are companies really shifting their manufacturing operations out of China and back to the West? The answer isn't a simple one, says Akhil Oltikar, vice president of supply chain solutions at Riverwood Solutions. He looks at the many issues that global manufacturers take into account when deciding where to site their operations.

Labelmaster has developed the 2016 edition of its Emergency Response Guidebook.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc., an asset-light provider of transportation and logistics services, has changed the name of its Transportation Management Solutions operating segment to Global Solutions.

Amit Devpura, head of analytics, global supply chain and strategy with AstraZeneca, talks about how the pharmaceutical and biologics giant is using sophisticated analytics to get a better sense of demand, production and cost to serve.