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DispatchTrack | October 09, 2020

DispatchTrack, a last-mile logistics technology company that empowers businesses to upgrade the customer experience via its SaaS platform, today announced a first-of-its-kind contactless pickup logistics optimization solution. The solution enables retailers of big and bulky goods in industries like building supplies, furniture, and appliances to integrate safe and seamless customer pickup experience at warehouse locations. Differing from curbside pickup solutions retailers are rolling out at sto...

Supply Chain Dive | March 02, 2020

Increased IMO 2020-compliant fuel costs, overcapacity exacerbated by the novel coronavirus and ongoing trade challenges could drive up costs for ocean shippers in 2020, according to AlixPartners' 2020 Global Container Shipping Report. Shippers should be aware that carriers' ability to survive current market conditions will depend on whether they can successfully pass on price increases, the report found. The uncertain market conditions grant shippers leverage to push for improved price t...

Supply Chain Dive | January 28, 2020

The White House recently issued draft principles for governing the use of artificial intelligence across sectors, including transportation. While a recent report noted the guidance may be too vague to produce substantive benefits, the larger point is clear. Various forms of AI are here to stay and will only become more ubiquitous. That is unless public policymakers go to great lengths to inhibit progress. The industry I represent, one of America's oldest industries – privately owned fr...

Mercedes-Benz | February 03, 2020

Mercedes-Benz, in partnership with traceability startup Circulor, will pilot blockchain technology to track carbon emissions, ethical compliance and product flows in its cobalt supply chain, a key raw material in electric vehicle (EV) batteries, according to an announcement on Thursday. The Democratic Republic of Congo produces the majority of the world's cobalt, and the production is notorious for involving child labor and other human rights abuses. The metal enters Mercedes-Benz's supp...