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07 Jul
Intel’s automated inventory planning: How it swapped ‘rule-of-thumb’ for algorithms
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The company generated millions in inventory cost savings from SKUs using the automated model and increased gross profits $1.3 billion from 2014 to 2017.
07 Jul
3 applications for RFID in the fight against COVID-19
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Microchips embedded in RFID tags can track and authenticate vaccines, test kits, medical equipment and PPE from manufacturing to clinic sites.
07 Jul
Resilience plans starts with mapping — but don’t wait for disruption to test them
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
If investing in resilience seems too costly, there’s always that other strategy: hoping nothing goes wrong, writes Anne van de Heetkamp, a VP at Descartes.
06 Jul
May airfreight data hints at recovery, FedEx doesn’t expect capacity to normalize until 2021
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Freight capacity fell more than volume, creating a supply-demand gap and a challenge for shippers to find air cargo space.
02 Jul
Small business suppliers are at risk in the pandemic. How do you protect them and your firm?
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Buyers can take a multi-phased approach to identify risk and fulfill their ethical obligation to support small suppliers through the economic storm.
02 Jul
US government to crack down on supply chains linked to human rights abuses in Xinjiang
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The Department of Homeland Security said it will take “increased enforcement action” against U.S. businesses found to be contributing to forced labor and other ongoi...
02 Jul
Prologis reaches operational carbon neutrality, takes aim at indirect emissions
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
Indirect sources of carbon, such as purchased goods and services, travel and downstream leased assets, represent 99% of the firm’s total emissions. 
02 Jul
US manufacturing breaks growth records, pandemic unknowns temper July outlook
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
June’s PMI figure does not capture the impact of a recent nationwide spike in coronavirus cases.
01 Jul
MIT, Ava, Greater Boston Food Bank partner on COVID-fighting robot
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The robot will use UV light to sanitize the food bank’s shipping dock at night and is going through training to operate autonomously.
01 Jul
FedEx: Peak surcharges are ‘the new normal’
Category: Air Freight, Contract Logistics, ...
The current peak surcharges are likely to stay in place through the end of the year, according to several industry experts.