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The New Freight Transportation Puzzle
The last-mile delivery puzzle is uncharted territory for many companies as they strive to meet the freight transportation challenges of omni-channel and e-commerce. …read more Via: Logistics Today Most Recent
Musk's Electric-Car Vision Doubted by Major Auto-Parts Suppliers
“There’s a lot of buzz and a lot of talk about how the world’s going to change to electrified vehicles overnight, and I’m here to tell you it’s not going …
New Attitudes for S&OP / IBP to Keep Pace with Evolving Markets
Have you ever wondered why so many companies struggle to implement an effective S&OP strategy? In this webinar we’ll examine why it’s time to view S&OP as an evolutionary process …
Ocean Freight Routing Terms Explained
Knowing the best way to route your shipment can save you headaches and money. …read more Via: Logistics Today Most Recent
High hopes remain intact for 2017 U.S. import volumes, says Port Tracker
Keeping in line with recent sentiment, the most recent edition of the Port Tracker report issued by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates is calling for …
AAR reports intermodal and carload volumes are up for week ending August 5
Carloads increased 1.9% to 273,199, and intermodal containers and trailers headed up 6.8% annually to 281,623. …read more Via: LM Editorial
Many owner-operators ill-prepared for December ELD mandate, new report says
With the Dec. 18 deadline for mandatory electronic logging devices (ELDs) quickly approaching, there is concern that a majority of the 3.5 million affected trucks have yet to procure or …
Kite Packaging launch innovative triangular postal tubes
Employee-owned company Kite Packaging are specialists in supplying packaging to a broad cross-section of different industries. Through their leading ‘Business to Business’ e-commerce website they supply a wide range of …
Employee-owned business Kite Packaging expand labels range
Continual product innovation is at the centre of Kite Packaging. The employee-owned company has a reputation for developing and evolving their product range and are specialists at supplying packaging across …
Facens Improves Its Smart Campus via RFID, Internet of Things
The university is training leaders to solve problems in a collaborative way, and to generate products and services of added value to society. …read more Via: Rfidjournal.com NEWS RSS Feed
Siemens to build eHighway in Germany
Siemens has been commissioned by the German state of Hesse to build an overhead contact line for electrified freight transport on a ten kilometre stretch of autobahn to supply electricity …
SICE to implement public transit priority system for public transport in Spanish city
TESINGER, a company belonging to the Perteo Group, has awarded SICE the contract for the installation of a traffic signal priority system to reduce public transport delays at intersections in …
3D Repo's VR Simulator helps TRL shape future of autonomous vehicle services
3D Repo is creating 3D virtual reality visualisations to help simulate driverless vehicle routes as part of a US$130 million (£100 million) UK government-backed research project. Led by TRL, the …
Cubic and partners recognised for innovative and disruptive use of technology in Melbourne
Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS, the University of Melbourne and its project partners received the OpenGov Recognition of Excellence award from OpenGov Asia for the development of the Australian Integrated Multimodal …
Singapore aims for cashless public transport by 2020
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) and TransitLink are working towards a fully cashless vision for public transport by 2020, as part of their Smart Nation efforts. LTA and TransitLink are …
Quarterhill announces shift in strategy driving revenue growth
Quarterhill has announced its financial results for the three- and six-month periods ended 30 June 2017, during which it announced a new acquisition-oriented growth strategy and changed the name of …
Get ‘Em While They’re Young
We need to get better at selling our industry to the coming generations of workers. …read more Via: Logistics Today Most Recent
How Safe Are Your Kids’ Toys?
The toy industry is taking steps to improve its supply chain by focusing on product safety and fewer recalls. …read more Via: Logistics Today Most Recent
Half of Manufacturers to Adopt Wearable Technology by 2022
IIoT has crossed the chasm, and savvy manufacturers are investing aggressively in technologies that will create a smarter, more connected plant floor to achieve greater operational visibility and enhance quality. …
Supply Chain Management in the Cloud
Enhancements to Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM) Cloud include supplier collaboration, quality management, maintenance, sales and operations planning, demand management, and supply planning, as well as expansions across all existing …