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Implementing Last-mile Delivery Technology

Logistics Viewpoints

Key Last-mile Delivery Technology Solutions How can technology directly impact last-mile operations and improve the customer experience? To Build or To Buy Companies looking to implement new or improve existing delivery technology face a crucial decision: should they build an in-house platform or buy an existing solution from a vendor?

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Procurement Rising – The Time is Now

ivalua

Procurement’s stature has grown during the COVID-19 crisis as costs, cash flow and supply continuity quickly became top boardroom priorities and homepage news. Across the world, procurement leaders have risen to the challenge. People should be thankful, and procurement practitioners proud. Examples abound.

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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

Limited available real estate has further led to challenges as construction came to a halt in the past year.? Part of the problem with the bottlenecks arising in warehousing and drayage comes from limited available commercial business real estate and warehousing space. today’s freight market, OTR freight services?

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From Malls to Click-And-Collect: How Today’s Pace of Change Is Impacting Real Estate

Tompkins Blog

But can the pace of these changes affect the real estate industry in major ways? As rapid change takes place in online ordering and fulfillment for retail, consumer goods, distribution, and third-party logistics (3PLs), the needs for real estate space change too. You bet it can. Facts Behind Pace of Change.

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4 Considerations for Planning a Greenfield Site

Locus Robotics

As companies look for more warehouse facility space, demand for industrial real estate could reach an additional one billion square feet by 2025, according to commercial real estate services firm JLL. Integrators need longer lead times for installations at a time when demand is rapidly rising.

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Supply Chains in Recovery Mode: Forcing C-Level Focus on Digitally Transforming Their Supply Chains for 2022 and Beyond

BlueYonder

Focus on warehouse automation has come full circle since the last big automation movement of the ‘90s, but today with a significantly better set of tools and technological improvements enabling more robust digital transformation and warehouse automation. Investments in Transportation solutions is imperative.

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Top strategies for procurement to help support revenue growth

ivalua

With businesses’ focus shifting from damage control to restoring growth, innovative CPOs are encouraging their procurement teams to prioritise supplier innovation and revenue growth opportunities. . Procurement’s role and status have been on an upward trajectory for many years, accelerating during the Covid-19 crisis.