While consumer spending changes resulting in surplus inventory, decreased container imports, higher fuel prices, and decreased freight volumes are just some of the numerous macroeconomic factors that ...
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On Monday, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc., one of the country’s largest freight transportation companies, announced it had agreed to acquire Chattanooga, Tenn.-based U.S. Xpress Enterpris...
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Osa Commerce, a supply chain technology provider, announced Monday it has launched a new commerce platform that enhances supply chain visibility and management from a single dashboard.
Osa said it...
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Barcodes Group, a technology solutions provider, announced last week that it has launched a new Autonomous Mobile Robotics (AMR) portfolio that will provide businesses with easy-to-implement automatio...
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Third-party logistics (3PL) providers, which saw global market revenues skyrocket to more than $1.4 trillion in 2021, are highly in demand to manage the shipping and fulfillment needs for the majority...
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Schneider Electric announced Monday it was joining Capgemini and Qualcomm Technologies to design and install a first-of-its-kind 5G-enabled automated hoisting solution.
The companies will collabor...
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A new study has found that companies are looking to accelerate their investments in supply chain technology.
The study, by Descartes Systems Group, looked at how technological innovation changes s...
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Forum Mobility announced Monday it had closed on a new $400 million joint venture to provide comprehensive, zero-emission charging and vehicle solutions to drayage truck fleets and drivers.
The ventu...
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Walmart customers in select cities in Florida, Texas, and Arizona will be able to get their purchases via drone, the company announced on Dec. 15.
Drone delivery is available from four Walmart sto...
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On Monday, FedEx Corp. announced it would launch FedEx Consolidated Returns, a low-priced, easy ecommerce returns option for merchants, in early 2023.
The return program would allow merchants to p...
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Burrell Aviation joined Louisiana Gov. John Bell Edwards and other elected and local officials to celebrate its lease and development plans for 53 acres of runway-accessible land for the Baton Rouge M...
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On Thursday, Winchester and Western Railroad (W&W) announced it had signed an agreement to serve Commercial Metal Company’s (CMC) new West Virginia steel mill.
The largest rebar manufacturer in ...
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Atlanta-based Amplio announced Tuesday it had raised $6 million in seed funding to create a platform to increase supply chain resiliency that allows manufacturers to streamline material procurement.
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Memphis International Airport recently completed the installation of 3.3 million-square-foot de-icing pads.
The pads have the capability of de-icing 12 wide-body cargo aircraft simultaneously. A se...
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ThroughPut Inc., an industrial AI company, announced Monday that it has partnered with project44 to create an AI-powered supply chain solution.
The companies said, working together, they would cre...
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With the potential of a freight rail strike looming and only narrowly evaded earlier this year, a new economic analysis undertaken by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) added weight to calls for rec...
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The supply chain is diverse, multifaceted, and often hopelessly fragmented across time and capabilities, but Microsoft attempted to wade into it this week with the Microsoft Supply Chain Platform, a n...
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project44, a global Chicago-based supply chain visibility platform, recently raised $80 million in funding.
This raises the platform’s value to $2.7 billion, 12 percent higher than in January. Th...
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A new survey has found that 90 percent of companies have not moved to automation or have only partially moved to automation, something it says could stall the global supply chain transformation.
T...
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Logistics Plus, a worldwide provider of transportation, logistics, and supply chain solutions, recently entered into a strategic partnership with The Odin Marine Group, an International Ship Brokerage...
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