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This Week in Logistics News (April 16-19, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Shipping firm CMA CGM to buy 25 pct stake in Ceva Logistics (Reuters). Customers of UPS can now ask the chatbot to find nearby UPS locations, calculate shipping rates and show the location of a package. The post This Week in Logistics News (April 16-19, 2018) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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The Story Continues…. Let’s Don’t Sugar Coat the Real Issue

Supply Chain Shaman

The people on the ground–my contacts in the 3PL, freight forwarding and transportation industry–know that the labor strife is only a part of the larger story. As a country, I think that we need to rethink supply chain flows for chassis, drayage and the unloading of larger ships. It takes 2 to 3 days to unload a ship.

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Chainalytics and Drewry partner to create Ocean Buying Group for small and medium sized shippers

CHAINalytics

Atlanta, GA, 02 March 2018 – Chainalytics, a global leader in supply chain consulting, and Drewry, the global shipping consultancy, have partnered to launch an innovative ocean freight procurement solution for shippers.

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3D Printing Changes the Supply Chain

Kinaxis

3D printing has gone from a novelty to a serious industry, a predicted $16 billion industry by 2018 according to Canalys as stated in another article from the Guardian. A startup local Atlanta-based 3D printing company, CloudDDM , is looking to make an impact. Basically, it has become mobile. It has become additive manufacturing.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.14 - 1.18

Freight Plus

TMS. ,” says Bart De Muynck, Gartner’s research vice president, transportation technology to. In fact, in 2018 we saw investments go up across the entire supply chain technology spectrum.” IFS study reports double-digit increases in IoT sophistication in 2018. parcel shipping. Transport Topics. TMS technology.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 31 – January 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

“Customers will buy five items and return one, but when they package the one item, they use the same box the five items were originally shipped in,” explains Ryan Kelly, vice president of e-commerce and alliance marketing at FedEx. Then, you need to get your packages ready and attach a prepaid shipping label to them.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

The company launched a partnership with Walmart in October 2018, which includes a specialty store page on Walmart’s website, increasing online visibility. Bare Necessities @barenecessities Walmart has been busy expanding its portfolio, acquiring intimates brand Bare Necessities in October 2018.