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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

DoorDash Canada moves to tiered commission system. The company is testing a small-format restaurant in Fort Worth, TX, where the centerpiece is a conveyor system that delivers food to a mobile-order lane. Uber, Aurora to expand self-driving truck ops in Texas to meet holiday rush. McDonald’s also jumping on the bandwagon.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart Canada takes aim at last-mile carbon emissions. XPO Logistics to spin off freight brokerage. CEVA Logistics using self-driving trucks to move freight. Now, it plans to separate its freight brokerage operation, which matches loads from shipping customers to available trucks, into a separate publicly traded company.

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Why Chattanooga is the Silicon Valley of Trucking with Craig Fuller

The Logistics of Logistics

FreightWaves is the leading Freight Intel provider, offering current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform. [03:50] FreightWaves started in Fort Worth, Texas, but we moved here. The South and Canada have a lot in common; effectively the same population and economic size.

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REPOST: Why Chattanooga is the Silicon Valley of Trucking with Craig Fuller

The Logistics of Logistics

Craig Fuller is CEO and Founder of FreightWaves, the only freight-focused organization that delivers a complete and comprehensive view of the freight and logistics market. FreightWaves is the leading freight intelligence provider, offering current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution. Best Buy rolls out same-day delivery in 13 markets (Star Tribune). Descartes Showcases Logistics Technology Platform Innovations at Global User and Partner Conference. Manhattan Associates Empowers Warehouse Managers With New E-Commerce Capabilities.