In the modern supply chain, where fluctuating capacity, increased shipper demands and hard-to-predict disruptions create a volatile decision-making environment, shippers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) are increasingly using analytics to improve efficiency, according to the results of the “2017 Third-Party Logistics Study,” which was released this morning at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals[…]
A child is in danger. He’s having an asthmatic attack, but his inhaler has been left behind. And he’s at camp on an island inaccessible by road. What is the camp counselor to do? This looks like a job for…. aerial drones! It may sound like a bad TV plot, but it’s a serious, potentially[…]
David J Bronczek, CEO and President of FedEx Express (left) and Fred Smith, founder, chairman, president, and CEO of FedEx Corp. FedEx reported net profit up 3.3 percent, year-over-year, to US$715 million in the first quarter of its 2017 fiscal year, driven primarily by the strong performance of its U.S. domestic overnight services, which saw[…]
In an effort to capture more of the ultra-time-sensitive air cargo market, IAG Cargo will launch a new service next month, called “Critical,” which will focus on premium emergency shipments. The carrier also said it will build an expansion to its existing Premia freight facility to handle various premium products. The new Critical service, to[…]
DHL Parcel Europe has partnered with Pošta Slovenije of Slovenia and the Magyar Posta of Hungary to expand its cross-border e-commerce delivery service across Eastern Europe. The addition of the two countries expands the service across the continent to 18 countries. With the new partnership, online traders can use a harmonized network infrastructure to access[…]
DUBAI – This year’s Air Cargo Handling conference ended today with stakeholders from across the air cargo sector promising to collaborate to make air cargo a more competitive alternative to land and water modes of transport. The general consensus was that greater sharing of data would be the quickest way to achieve such a goal.[…]
