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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

This year, with the LA Rams being Super Bowl champs, Good360 said it will ship thousands of “unsellable” Bengals-branded hats, T-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, COVID-19 masks, and scarves to struggling people in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. New wave of contracts will lock in much higher shipping rates.

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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

The vehicle will make its inaugural trip from Indiana to California, where it will be featured at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo. Although CMA CGM is best known for being a large container shipping company, it is also the parent of CEVA Logistics. The machines then label and seal the packages.

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

CEVA was responsible for delivering hundreds of parts to the GM Kokomo, Indiana, facility, in the U.S., We also look to reduce or eliminate the use of plastic packaging. In addition, CEVA Logistics was also appointed by General Motors (GM) to manage its entire ventilator production supply chain in support of the U.S. pandemic response.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

The offering is a part of Amazon Key, the company’s array of services that enable delivery drivers to leave packages in garages, homes, cars and businesses. The agreement will help businesses that sell on Adobe’s platform offer free two-day shipping and other services, such as easy returns.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 3-7, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Wal-Mart’s next move against Amazon: More warehouses, faster shipping (Reuters). “We have doubled our capacity in the last twelve months and that allows us to ship to a majority of the U.S. Denmark’s DSV eyes more big acquisitions in fragmented freight market (Reuters). population in one day,” Traweek said.

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FAA Grants Drones Permission to Take Off

Elementum

There’s also the opportunity to use drones to ship packages faster, as distributors like Amazon hope to do. In the meantime, reports WTHR Indiana, residents of Wise County, VA, are hoping to utilize the growing popularity of drones to boost their own economy.

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Analytics Leaders Discuss the Internet of Things

CH Robinson Transportfolio

We have now gone from ‘Where is the package?’ to ‘What’s going on in the package?’ Understanding the temperature of a package throughout transit provides significant value to customers seeking six sigma quality logistical processes, like food distributors and drug manufacturers. The evolution at FedEx continues. “We