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A convincing industry approach: SupplyOn’s Rail Community boosts the efficiency of the railway industry

SupplyOn

The Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), with around 34,000 employees, a transport network of over 3,000 kilometers and almost a half billion passengers per year, is the national railway company of Switzerland, consisting of the four divisions Passenger Transportation, Cargo, Infrastructure and Real Estate.

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The Beginning of the Beginning: A Progress Report on the Digitisation of Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Inventory tracking enables flexible e-Commerce fulfillment models and allows for managing shocks caused by shop closures. All parties along the transport chain need to be well joined up. Suppliers need to prioritise actions to support solutions. Digital marketing and sales became a must-have for many businesses in times of Covid-19.

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Logistics & Supply Chain News Roundup, January 2023

Logistics Bureau

In any typical year, companies around the globe must factor the New Year shutdown into their inventory management plans. That means companies in the industry, like seafood importers, must maintain higher inventory levels inside expensive cold storage facilities for lengthier periods than ever before. Hunt Transport Services Inc.’s

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

It started in 1969 as DHL Air Cargo, and by the late 1970s, the company had expanded its operations and offered services throughout the world. FedEx is the largest cargo airline in the world in terms of scheduled freight tonne kilometers (FTK), a distinction the company has held since 2014, and it’s the fourth largest in terms of fleet size.