Logistics

This Year’s Supply-Chain Innovator of the Year

The Top Supply-Chain Innovations of 2019

November 5, 2019

This year's crop of supply-chain innovators ran the gamut from planning to supplier relations to order fulfillment and delivery. What they shared was a determination not to settle for the status quo.

Flexport Announces New Warehouse in Vietnam

November 4, 2019

SupplyChainBrain

Flexport, working in partnership with ITL Corporation, is expanding its global cross-dock network by offering a new warehouse located in Vietnam.

How the Trade War and a Changing China Are Roiling World Shipping

November 4, 2019

Bloomberg

The trade war and China’s economic shift made 2018 a tough year for global shipping and will continue to reverberate through the industry, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

Amazon Lowers Grocery Delivery Cost In Effort to Catch Walmart

November 1, 2019

Bloomberg

Amazon.com is lowering the cost of its grocery delivery service Amazon Fresh, and expanding fast delivery of online grocery orders around the country.

The Intelligent Enterprise for the Automotive Industry

November 1, 2019

SAP

Competition from unexpected sources, increased consumer expectations, and a dramatic shift in the place cars hold in peoples’ lives is forcing automotive manufacturers to confront some difficult decisions. Learn how the industry will continue to evolve and see how an intelligent enterprise can help.

FedEx E-Commerce Revamp Jolts Delivery Army by Piling On Costs

October 31, 2019

Bloomberg

FedEx Corp.’s drive to reap the rewards of e-commerce is stirring anxiety among some of the company’s most important partners: the thousands of small businesses that handle its ground deliveries.

‘Uber-for-Trucking’ App Convoy Tries to Navigate Some Uber-Scale Problems

October 31, 2019

Bloomberg

Job rates are falling across North America after two years of increases, and spot demand — which excludes long-term freight contracts — plummeted 27% through October. Most drivers aren’t expecting business to improve over the next six months.

Rethinking the RFP: Using Data to Achieve Accuracy and Agility

October 31, 2019

Heather Mueller, SCB Contributor

Access to better data is changing the way organizations operate, and it’s time transportation procurement strategies changed as well.

Amazon-Whole Foods: Two Years After the Deal

October 30, 2019

Benjamin Gordon, SCB Contributor

It’s been two years since Amazon bought Whole Foods. At the time, analysts touted the deal as an Amazon initiative to dominate food retail. But is that what really happened?

The Canal of Death Is Now an Economic Gateway for Eastern Europe

October 29, 2019

Bloomberg

The region that straddles the Danube in Romania and Bulgaria has made it a bread basket for centuries. But after years of corruption and political upheaval, it’s finally plugged into the world economy thanks to the EU’s open borders and money.

Logistics

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