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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UPS Expands Green Delivery With Purchase Of Electric Aircraft Fleet
UPS Expands Green Delivery With Purchase Of Electric Aircraft Fleet
April 07, 2021  |  News

UPS has ordered electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Beta Technologies, with the option of purchasing 150 additional plans for its UPS Flight...

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Self-Driving Truck Company TuSimple Files To Go Public
Self-Driving Truck Company TuSimple Files To Go Public
April 07, 2021  |  IPO

Autonomous truck company TuSimple filed on Wednesday (April 7) to go public, estimating a share price that would value the company at nearly $8 billion....

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Embedded Insurance Helps Merchants Avoid The ‘Protection Gap’
Embedded Insurance Helps Merchants Avoid The ‘Protection Gap’
April 07, 2021  |  Insurance

Whether they know it or not, consumers have been the beneficiaries of embedded insurance, a trend that’s moving beyond simple eCommerce payments and has recently...

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Electronics reCommerce Platform Backflip Officially Rolls Out
Electronics reCommerce Platform Backflip Officially Rolls Out
April 01, 2021  |  Retail

Backflip has come out of stealth mode and officially rolled out. The rollout comes after a beta phase in which the company, which lets consumers...

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PICKUP Lands $15 Million To Help More Retailers Provide Delivery
PICKUP Lands $15 Million To Help More Retailers Provide Delivery
March 30, 2021  |  Retail

Last-mile delivery technology provider PICKUP has landed $15 million in a NewRoad Capital Partners-led Series B funding round that saw participation from current investors Florida...

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Cargo Ship Unstuck: Suez Shipping Set To Resume
Cargo Ship Unstuck: Suez Shipping Set To Resume
March 29, 2021  |  Delivery

Tugboat horns filled the air above the Suez canal on Monday (March 29), as a six-day-long operation to free the 1,300-foot-long cargo ship, the Ever...

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Final-Mile Frenzy Has Retailers, Restaurants Vying For Same Delivery Providers
Final-Mile Frenzy Has Retailers, Restaurants Vying For Same Delivery Providers
March 23, 2021  |  Retail

When DoorDash announced it was teaming up with two partners to bring rapid, on-demand COVID test kits to consumers’ homes, it marked the latest example...

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XPO’s Spinoff Highlights eCommerce’s Logistics Transformation  
XPO’s Spinoff Highlights eCommerce’s Logistics Transformation  
March 18, 2021  |  eCommerce

The great digital shift is poised to bring logistics into the fully digital age, where high tech shaves seconds off of warehouse activities – ultimately...

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Ships To Start Transporting COVID Vaccines
Ships To Start Transporting COVID Vaccines
March 16, 2021  |  Coronavirus

COVID-19 vaccine distribution will soon be arriving via ships as well as planes to prevent a logistical jam that could lead to the shots piling...

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