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Smart and Sustainable Freight: The Role of AI in Green Supply Chain Logistics

Logistics Viewpoints

With freight transport accounting for a significant share of global emissions, efforts to improve logistics now extend beyond operational metrics to include resilience, regulatory compliance, and climate performance. The global freight sector faces growing pressure to balance cost-efficiency with environmental responsibility.

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V2X Communication – A Critical Enabler for Smarter, Safer, More Efficient Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

Volvo Trucks + Ericsson + Telia: V2X-Enabled Freight Convoys In Sweden, Volvo Trucks partnered with Ericsson and Telia to show how 5G-enabled V2X supports coordinated braking and vehicle platooning. The system also integrates with Amazons cloud logistics platform to improve package drop-offs based on road and traffic conditions.

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The Future of Public Transportation: Embracing Bitcoin!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Among these innovations, cryptocurrency, particularly Bitcoin, has started to stand out as a potentially transformative force for various sectors, including public transportation. This aspect alone makes it an attractive option for public transportation authorities, which process a vast number of transactions daily.

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H&M Boss Warns Tariffs are Driving U.S. Clothing Prices Up

Supply Chain Brain

Some more aggressively and some more cautiously,” said Daniel Ervér, the chief executive of the Sweden-based company, one of the world’s biggest fashion retailers. Port Fees for Chinese Ships Ocean Transportation Canada Sets Deadline to Hike Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Against U.S. we are starting to see some competitors increasing prices.

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Driving Sustainability in the Age of Supply Chain Disruption

Logistics Viewpoints

Emerging technologies play a role in managing disruption and are driving change in the transportation and logistics industries. All of these come together in some way with autonomous transportation options. Volvo’s POD in Sweden is a great example. Economic development is both measured by and based on logistics.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

by Wolfgang Lehmacher, Anchor Group & Mikael Lind, Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE). In respect to logistics and transport something remarkable happened at COP26. The first Z – Zero emission road transport: Global MOU for ZE-MHDVs . Part 1–Defining the moment. degrees Celsius,” states the Climate Action Tracker.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world part 2

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

by Wolfgang Lehmacher, Anchor Group & Mikael Lind, Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE). The transport and logistics industry has started to engage differently in the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference. One constant theme in the industry discussion in the logistics and transport industry is thus collaboration.