The pandemic resulted in more shippers looking for surge management in the first quarter, executives on XPO's first-quarter earnings call Tuesday. But this was not enough to bolster the company's revenue, which was down in its transportation and logistics segments as some of the company's customers shuttered operations due to the pandemic. "Like others in the industry, we experienced a surge in volume late in the quarter from customers and the consumer staples sector, both ...
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UPS is planning to launch a new offering for tracking healthcare-related shipments in the first quarter of next year called UPS Premier that will use Internet of Things (IoT) sensors to track packages, according to a press release from the company. UPS is creating a new unit within its operations, Healthcare and Life Sciences, that will oversee this project and other healthcare operations. UPS Premier will use on-package sensors to track items throughout the logistics network and will give prior...
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Carrier diversity will be key for shippers preparing for this year’s peak season, panelists said during a webinar Tuesday. "Every retailer should be focusing on diversifying their carriers. Shake up that carrier mix," said DHL eCommerce Solutions Regional Sales Manager Kim Gimble. "All of the carriers are not best at everything." Shippers should look to regional carriers to supplement their main, national carrier, David Sullivan, VP of professional services at Ship...
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Fewer miles traveled and less unused space are a good place to start for an efficient supply chain. They're also a good place to start to reduce emissions, according to Home Depot VP of Transportation Michelle Livingstone. "As we try and improve the efficiency of our supply chain, it actually results in massively better sustainability measures," Livingstone told Supply Chain Dive in an interview Wednesday. Home Depot has pledged to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 emissions 40% b...
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Ahold Delhaize will partner with cold storage provider Americold to build two fully-automated frozen warehouses, according to a press release. The facilities will expand the grocer's cold storage space by 500,000 square feet and are part of the retailer’s previously announced supply chain transformation plan to grow Ahold Delhaize's distribution center network from 16 facilities to 23 by 2023. Automation features in the warehouses will include integrated transportation management s...
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A.P. Moller-Maersk, along with BMW, H&M, Levi Strauss, Copenhagen University and others, formed a coalition to explore the use of "LEO" fuel for sustainable ocean shipping. LEO fuel is a blend of ethanol and lignin, a polymer found in plant cell walls. The project currently is in the lab development phase at Copenhagen University. Maersk said the next phase is testing fuel on vessels, which is slated for Q2 2020. The final phase will involve scaling up production of LEO fuel....
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