, 27 September, 2006 Global container transportation leader, APL, is set to enhance its coverage of the fast-growing trade between China and Australia with the launch of a new weekly service in partnership... View More
PLANTATION, FL September 27, 2006 / DHL, the worlds leading express delivery and logistics company, today announced that Hans Hickler will succeed John Mullen as Chief Executive Officer for DHL Express... View More
Shareowners of FedEx Corp. elected Steven R. Loranger, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of ITT Corporation, to the corporation's Board of Directors for a one-year term. The Board of Directors... View More
- 21 September 2006 / The LEGO Group, one of the largest toy manufacturers in the world and DHL Exel Supply Chain have opened this week a new European distribution center (DC) in Jirny near Prague. Based... View More
Carpinteria, Calif. September 20, 2006 QAD Inc., announced that it has acquired Dublin, Ireland-based Precision Software Limited. Precision, a leading provider of transportation management... View More
DETROIT, Sept. 19, 2006 - The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and UPS (NYSE:UPS) today opened negotiations on a new contract to replace a six-year pact that expires July 31, 2008. "While it is unusual... View More
Milwaukee, WI RedPrairie Corporations recent acquisition of ALTA A/S, a leading provider of Manufacturing Event Management solutions for automotive suppliers, has proven to be beneficial to automotive... View More
Dallas, Texas (September 13, 2006) Greatwide Logistics Services a Dallas-based provider of non-asset-based transportation and third party logistics announced today that the firm has acquired Gallop... View More
COLUMBIA, Md. (September 14, 2006) PEAK Technologies, a Platinum Equity Company and SAP Software Partner, announced today it has equipped its Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Solutions... View More
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $17.4 million contract from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for optical character recognition technology to improve automated parcel sorting systems at USPS bulk mail... View More
Richer Systems Group Inc. (RSG), a leader in software solutions for the fleet management industry, is pleased to announce PRIMMS, a full service transportation management and maintenance specialist for... View More
RedPrairie Corporation, the worlds leading consumer driven optimization company, announced today that it has completed its acquisition of BlueCube Software. The combined company will unify and support... View More
FKI Logistex, a global leader in integrated material handling solutions, announces the consolidation of some of its North American manufacturing and engineering locations within its Airport, Post and Parcel... View More
Varsity Logistics, Inc. has been recognized as one of the "100 Great Supply Chain Partners" for 2006 by Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies Magazine. Varsity Logistics was selected from more than... View More
Effective today, Jungheinrich Lift Truck Corporation announces its intent to fully integrate the Multiton portion of its business into its core product lines. A phase-out of the Multiton name is now in... View More
Target Corporation has selected the winners of its Transportation Awards for outstanding performance in 2005. Each year, Target recognizes its business partners who perform services above and beyond company... View More
TNT N.V. announces that it has today signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement to sell its logistics division to affiliates of Apollo Management, L.P., a leading private equity firm with offices in New York,... View More
Rapidly growing materials handling firm warehouse1 has added a well-known national brand name to its organization with the acquisition of Kansas City-based Royal Equipment Company. The 35-year-old Royal... View More
UFP Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer of custom engineered packaging materials, announces its acquisition of Stephen Packaging Corporation, a fabricator of custom foam packaging solutions based... View More
A recent Fast Company article written by the chief sustainability officer of Blue Yonder, Saskia van Gendt, caught my attention. Van Gendt wrote that while free returns have become a “powerf
Everyone has heard the pitch: upload your invoices and carrier agreements into AI and let it tell you what you're owed. We wanted to test that claim. So we hired an independent AI engineerin
Many e-commerce brands face rising levels of dead stock — the merchandise deemed unsellable or unlikely to sell soon. As executives evaluate e-commerce dead stock reduction options, some initially a
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What does an optimal e-commerce network look like? Is it the network with the fewest facilities, the fastest delivery promise, or the lowest transportation cost? In practice, the answe
A freight damage claim often points attention toward the carrier, but the root cause can start much earlier. If pallet loads leave a facility with inconsistent containment, shifting and instab
BROOKFIELD, Wis. – ProShip, a leading and award-winning provider of multi-carrier shipping software, has announced the return of ProS Who Know, an annual virtual event focused on the trends
Facilities handling high-volume parcel sorting and cross-docking operations face unprecedented challenges as cargo theft networks grow more sophisticated and insider threats multiply. Identifying th
