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.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Closing eCommerce’s Last-Mile Gap
Closing eCommerce’s Last-Mile Gap
February 21, 2020  |  Retail

The fact that the last mile is the hardest mile has become something of a truism in modern eCommerce, simply because that is so often...

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Outrider Boasts $53M Funding Round For Self-Driving Freight Trucks
Outrider Boasts $53M Funding Round For Self-Driving Freight Trucks
February 20, 2020  |  Investments

Outrider wants to do for yard trucks what Waymo did for ridesharing, and what Einride did for trucking, by providing autonomous alternatives. The company has...

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Amazon Fires Delivery Firms For Not Meeting Safety Standards
Amazon Fires Delivery Firms For Not Meeting Safety Standards
February 14, 2020  |  Amazon

Bear Down Logistics, a company that expanded quickly in the past few years delivering packages for Amazon, will no longer be working with the company...

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Deliverr Lands $40M In Funding To Battle Amazon
Deliverr Lands $40M In Funding To Battle Amazon
February 11, 2020  |  Delivery

How does a company compete with Amazon? At Deliverr, they attack what Amazon won’t handle – and now they have the funding to prove it....

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eCommerce Drives Logistics Job Boom
eCommerce Drives Logistics Job Boom
February 10, 2020  |  eCommerce

The rise of eCommerce is an inexorable one, with real-world ripple effects that extend all the way to feet and wheels on the street —...

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Nike Teams With Geek+ For Robotic Same-Day Delivery In Japan
Nike Teams With Geek+ For Robotic Same-Day Delivery In Japan
February 07, 2020  |  Retail

Smart logistics provider Geek+ announced a same-day delivery partnership with Nike, which will provide advanced robotics solutions for the athletics company’s new distribution center in...

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Data Logistics Company Deliverr Raises $40M For Universal Two-Day Shipping
Data Logistics Company Deliverr Raises $40M For Universal Two-Day Shipping
February 05, 2020  |  Investments

Logistics eCommerce shipping company Deliverr has raised $40 million in a Series C funding round, to help give companies that aren’t Amazon the ability to...

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Australia’s Toll Suffers Ransomware Attack
Australia’s Toll Suffers Ransomware Attack
February 05, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Australian logistics company Toll has been forced to disable its systems and use non-digital processes after a ransomware attack on Friday (Jan 31) caused delays...

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UPS Looks To Drones To Speed Up Delivery
UPS Looks To Drones To Speed Up Delivery
February 03, 2020  |  Delivery

In a move to compete with Amazon in the competitive consumer delivery space, UPS plans to use drones and other tactics to complete shipments faster,...

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