While numerous applications are available for optimizing a variety of logistics functions, the first- and last-mile segments are proving to be especially complex, generating significant costs for shippers and carriers.

What’s particularly attractive about shopping malls is that they offer the possibility of creating a hybrid facility that combines logistics and fulfillment activities with in-person activities for shoppers.

Microsoft and its partners will work together to develop resources that will educate retailers on how to properly use cloud technology to improve their business.

The time for pandemic-era thinking is over. This will be the year of strategic supply chain design — but companies must be shrewd in their technology and vendor selection.

The combination of low latency, high bandwidth, massive device connectivity, reliability, and other factors makes 5G technology well-suited for various automation and virtual-enabled technologies across industries.

HMM announced that it had developed its Supply Chain Carbon Calculator January 3, allowing cargo owners to better manage the carbon footprints of ships, trains and trucks.

A call to action for supply chain and procurement leaders to demand better intelligence platforms.

By adopting AI technology to analyze critical enterprise-wide contract data and gain insights into supplier practices, companies can identify red flags and deviations from compliance standards

The solution is not eliminating free returns, but fixing convoluted supply chains and collaborating with shippers to make reverse logistics more affordable.

2023’s peak season will have seen supply chain professionals both relying on tried-and-true peak season strategies and testing next-gen solutions.