logistics

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet requirements of customers or corporations.

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Delta Variant, Natural Disasters Strain Global Supply Chains
Delta Variant, Natural Disasters Strain Global Supply Chains
July 25, 2021  |  Economy

Supply chains connecting the world’s economies are at or near the breaking point due to the COVID-19 surge, natural disasters in Asia and Europe and...

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Uber’s Transplace Buy Signals Platform Approach To Logistics
Uber’s Transplace Buy Signals Platform Approach To Logistics
July 22, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The emergence of the platform economy brings all facets of commerce together – including logistics — which focuses on the matter of getting goods where...

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Uber Freight Acquiring Transplace In $2.25B Deal
Uber Freight Acquiring Transplace In $2.25B Deal
July 22, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Uber’s trucking unit, Uber Freight, has inked a $2.25 billion deal to acquire transportation logistics company Transplace from TPG Capital. The deal includes $750 million in...

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Filling The Drayage Industry’s FinTech Innovation Gap
Filling The Drayage Industry’s FinTech Innovation Gap
July 21, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Despite an influx of FinTech innovation in logistics and trucking over recent years, the drayage space has largely been left out of the conversation of...

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Five Big Milestones Mark Uber’s March From Rides To Logistics
Five Big Milestones Mark Uber’s March From Rides To Logistics
July 20, 2021  |  Ridesharing

Uber is in the news again this week after announcing plans to double up on grocery delivery via a new partnership with supermarket chain Albertsons...

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Space Traveling Billionaires Have Down-To-Earth Uses For Their Lofty Ambitions
Space Traveling Billionaires Have Down-To-Earth Uses For Their Lofty Ambitions
July 20, 2021  |  Innovation

For manufacturing, for supply chains, it’s the last mile indeed that bears the hallmarks of innovation — and perhaps, before too long, the last 100,000...

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Retailers Set For Another Unprecedented Holiday Season
Retailers Set For Another Unprecedented Holiday Season
July 20, 2021  |  Retail

It may be the dog days of summer, but retailers are already busy planning for a holiday season geared toward experiential, but less expensive, gifting....

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Logistics Tech Firm Portpro Unveils Smartphone App
Logistics Tech Firm Portpro Unveils Smartphone App
July 19, 2021  |  B2B Payments

PortPro, which provides technology used in the drayage industry, announced a new mobile app the company says will let clients run businesses using the company’s...

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FedEx Investing $100M In India’s Delhivery To Expand International Shipping
FedEx Investing $100M In India’s Delhivery To Expand International Shipping
July 16, 2021  |  International

FedEx Corp subsidiary FedEx Express announced Friday (July 16) it had formed agreements with India’s Delhivery that will see the shipping giant make a $100...

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