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UPS fights for volumes

Cathy Roberson

and more than 2 billion in Europe.” Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets on Air Cargo Next. Heading to Las Vegas next week? I wear a number of hats these days. Thanks for reading Rethinking supply chains! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

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Getting Smarter About Logistics and Sustainability

BlueYonder

In a panel discussion at ICON Las Vegas 2023, Chinmay Jaju, Senior Manager of Strategy for Uber Freight, summed up the tough challenge facing logistics professionals today. When we think about sustainability at Uber Freight, the goal is to eventually move to a zero emissions vehicle fleet, but the technology is not there yet.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 26 – December 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

FedEx Express Europe debuts renewable diesel in Netherlands. The application, called AWS Supply Chain, was introduced at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. Open to shipping and freight operators, its members could validate the transaction of goods as recorded on a transparent digital ledger.

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

Talking Logistics

MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution. The orders are being fulfilled from about 160 Best Buy stores in markets that include Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

They will range from order fillers to freight handlers at the company’s more than 250 distribution centers, fulfillment centers, and transportation offices. Earlier this year, IKEA launched a program to buy back used furniture to refurbish and resell in Europe. The average wage for a supply chain associate is $20.37