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This Week in Logistics News (November 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

In this week’s news… XPO Logistics Acquires Optima Service Solutions. TomTom launches toll reporting to help transport companies manage costs. This follows the company’s acquisition of 3PD this past July, another provider of heavy goods, last-mile logistics in North America. UPS Sets 2014 Rates. percent.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Stabilize in February

Supply Chain Matters

In contrast, performance levels related to North America , Europe and South America were noted as remaining weak, on average, compared to Asia. Countries experiencing sequential monthly lows were noted as France, Austria and Germany , the latter recording a 46.3 United States Two indices of U.S.

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Global Status of the Physical Internet — A Vision for Sustainable, Secure, Resilient Supply Chains

Freightera

Interview with Benoit Montreuil, Professor, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Director, Physical Internet Center; Director, Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Interviewed by Eric Beckwitt, Founder and CEO, Freightera. EB: What is the current status of building the Physical Internet?

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- May 12 2023

Supply Chain Matters

On May 4, we featured for readers the industry breaking news that Flexport will acquire the logistics the logistics fulfillment operations of online retail platform provider Shopify. The combined company is to be headquartered in North America and be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. to Combine with Allkem Ltd.