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New Year, New Horizons: Transportation Industry Gets Ready to Take On 2023

Intelligent Audit

As the transportation industry waves goodbye (and good riddance) to 2022, innovative logistics professionals are already working hard to make 2023 a banner year for the global transportation industry. Walmart to Expand Drone Delivery in Arizona, Florida, Texas. Airfreight Demand Plummets as Shippers Flock to Ocean.

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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

No company in either the household non-durable (consumer goods) or the food manufacturing group beat their peer group on the balanced scorecard of growth, inventory turns, operating margin, and Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) for 2013-2022. The paradigm needs to change to buck the trend.

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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

Logistics Viewpoints

A big part of what the company has done is food delivery on college campuses. Parcels, groceries, and food are directly delivered from stores, at the time that the customer requests via a mobile app. At CES 2022, Udelv unveiled its self-driving eclectic delivery vehicle, the Transporter.

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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Even if you don’t grow or ship produce, your transportation performance and spend can still be directly impacted. How Produce Season Transportation Affects Rates and Capacity – State by State.

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The Best Supply Chain Conferences of 2019

GlobalTranz

Conferences exist for a variety of purposes and supply chain specialties, including cold chain storage, transportation management , omnichannel best practices , and much more. This has roots in both food and pharmaceutical safety, as well as supply chain efficiency.

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Let the Qs Begin

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply Chain Improvement is based on the work that we completed with an Arizona State University Operations Research team to determine the Supply Chain Index. Attending the conference was Alexia Howard, Senior Research Analyst – US Foods for Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Can you help us with what you see in the data?”

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Autonomous Driving and Logistics: The Effects

20Cube Logistics

This shift is expected to bring about drastic changes in the logistics and freight transportation world. Every vessel travelling on water needs at least 20 personnel who require food, housing, and payment. For instance, the technology will make transportation much more efficient and speedy. .