Yusen Logistics Co. Ltd. and SATO Corp. have teamed up to launch an application for managing global logistics.

It's tough for a U.S. materials manufacturer to keep pace with foreign competition - especially when it's burdened with "tools from the stone age."

With the progress of modern logistics as well as the growth in demand for replacing workforce by machinery, forklifts have become the most widely used tools for handling materials in logistics industry. In 2014, global forklift sales volume exceeded one million sets for the first time, representing a year-on-year increase of 7.5%; wherein, China sold 360,000 ones, up 9.4% year on year, still ranking first worldwide.

Want to get a sense of how new federal regulations will affect transportation tomorrow? Look at California today.

Hong Kong Air Cargo Industry Services (Hacis), the logistics arm of Hong Kong air-cargo handler Hactl, has opened a new inland cargo depot in southern Guangzhou, its seventh in mainland China.

At its core, a warehouse management system offers warehouses and distributors a tool to help improve customer service. That means knowing what you have, where you have it and how soon you can promise delivery.