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Can 'Amazon Transportation and Logistics' Begin to Compete in 3PL World?

November 13, 2015

Much as it has with cloud computing, Amazon is poised to move in a big way into third-party transportation and logistics services, leveraging its vast network of fulfillment and distribution centers as well as its massive data and cloud assets, according to an equity analyst and media reports.

Special Skill Set Needed for Drivers Who Deliver Through the Front Door

November 11, 2015

Thomas Scollard, Vice President of Dedicated Contract Carriage, Penske Logistics

We hear a lot about how consumers' changing lifestyles and shopping habits are impacting retail supply chains in areas like demand planning and inventory management. Much less is said, however, regarding the impact of these trends at the very end of the supply chain, where professional drivers deliver the last mile.

Major Companies Sign Up to Help Create Registry for Drones

November 5, 2015

PC World

Google, Amazon and Wal-Mart have joined the government's task force charged with figuring out a registration and identification system for drones.

What If Yard Management Systems Operated Like Video Games?

November 3, 2015

MBT

If your yard management system were like a video game, you would open the gaming window and see orders ready-to-ship, as they are located in the yard. Each stack in the yard is color-coded by filters you select. Green means ready to ship. Yellow is pending. Red represents tomorrow's orders. A click on any illustration opens the content details in a sidebar.

Conversion of Passenger Aircraft to Cargo Carriers Continues Apace

October 30, 2015

Cargo Facts

U.S.-based lessor and asset manager Aviation Capital Group placed a firm order for fifteen 737-800 passenger-to-freighter conversions with Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI), with options for fifteen additional conversions. The announcement was made at the Cargo Facts Aircraft Symposium in Miami.

Walmart Seeks Government OK to Begin Using Drones in Home Deliveries, Warehouse Monitoring

October 30, 2015

FierceRetail

Walmart has been privately testing drones inside facilities and is now seeking permission from federal regulators to test them outdoors for various uses, including home delivery.

Truck Drivers in U.S. Pleased to Find They Are in Demand

October 20, 2015

Wall Street Journal

After years of spending long hours behind the wheel without seeing their paychecks grow, U.S. truck drivers now have employers fighting for their services.

Will Emerging Tech Drive Next Generation of Supply Chain Success?

October 15, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

With robots, drones and holographic glasses now commercially available, what will the next generation of the logistics workforce look like?

August's Air Cargo Statistics Portend Little Growth in Rest of 2015

October 8, 2015

Air Cargo World

As we head deeper into autumn and ever closer toward peak season, the airfreight traffic numbers for August provided some pockets of good news, but offered little encouragement that the current air cargo stagnation has abated. According to reports from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), WorldACD and Drewry, August 2015 provided only the slimmest of indications of hope for better performance at the end of the year.

E-commerce Steps on the Gas in Automotive Aftermarket Industry

October 7, 2015

UPS

New research shows that 56 percent of automotive parts and accessories shoppers are making their purchases online - an 8 percent increase over the previous year. The study also indicates that consumers are combining online and in-store channels for an omnichannel shopping experience. Omnichannel is when shoppers seamlessly shift between mobile, online and in-store resources to research, purchase, pick up and return their items.