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Freight Operators Dismiss Threat of Digital Startups
Established U.S. logistics firms say digital-friendly freight startups that are drawing growing interest in Silicon Valley still lack the scale and customer relationships to threaten their share of the market.
Five Tips for Managing Digital Transformation
Procurement teams needs to create a vision for how they are going to deal with digital transformation.
Freight Demand Pushes Truck-Order Backlog to Near Record Level
Freight-hauling firms slowed their roll in ordering new trucks last month, as backlogs at equipment factories spiked following record demand for new vehicles in the first quarter.
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Nikola, a Tesla Competitor, Scores Big Electric Truck Order From Anheuser-Busch
Anheuser-Busch, which ordered 40 electric semi trucks from Tesla last December, on Thursday upped its bet on a green fleet by placing a substantially larger order with a competitor.
Freight Railroads Get Boost from Tight Trucking Markets
Freight railroads are capitalizing on a historically tight trucking market as companies move more shipments from highways to rails.
Prime Hike Gives Amazon Warchest for Fight Over Postal Costs
Amazon.com Inc’s 20-percent hike in the cost of Prime membership should deliver more than $1bn in extra revenue this year and cover any “rational” hike in United States Postal Service delivery fees, Wall Street analysts said on Friday.
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UPS’s Balancing Act: More Packages, Less Spending
United Parcel Service Inc. is ramping up a “transformation” plan to cut costs across the organization as the delivery firm responds to changes in how people shop and nontraditional competitors such as Amazon.com Inc.
Truck Maker Volvo Rides Demand Boom but Supply Chain Feels Strain
Truck maker AB Volvo beat first-quarter expectations thanks to strong demand for trucks and construction equipment across most markets but cautioned that its supply chain was coming under pressure.
Maersk Wants to Take Down Global Food Loss
Maersk and Rockstart, a European startup accelerator, have partnered in an initiative called FoodTrack to foster startups with ideas for tackling global food loss.
DHL Reports on A.I.’s Potential Benefits — and Looming Concerns — in Logistics
DHL and IBM have released a joint report on the development of artificial intelligence (A.I.) technology and its potential to change the logistics industry — noting that, in many ways, A.I. is already making profound changes to the retail environment, not all of which are positive.
Better Than Amazon? How Bradley Jacobs Turned a $63M Bet Into a $12Bn Transportation Empire
Decades ago, Bradley Jacobs studied math and piano (classical and jazz) at Bennington and Brown before dropping out to make money. Now the balding 61-year-old CEO of XPO Logistics invokes that background to explain how he's parlayed sequential roll-ups in the gritty businesses of garbage collection, heavy equipment rentals and delivering stuff into a $2.6bn net worth.
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