Efficient Logistics

EurekAlert | July 25, 2019

Military deployments to environments lacking basic infrastructure - whether humanitarian missions or combat operations - involve extensive logistical planning. As part of a research project for the U.S. Army, researchers at North Carolina State University designed a model to help military leaders better account for logistical risk and uncertainty during operational planning and execution. The research, published in Journal of Defense Modeling & Simulation, uses an enterprise resource plannin...

XPO Logistics | January 17, 2020

As one of the largest providers of transportation and logistics services worldwide, XPO Logistics serves over 50,000 customers. Supply Chain Digital takes a closer look at the firm. The company offers a range of different solutions. These are: drayage, expedite, full truckload, global forwarding, intermodal, last mile, less-than-truckload, managed transportation. With around 202mn sq.ft of facility space, XPO Logistics is considered one of the largest logistics providers worldwide. The organisat...

Flexcon | January 16, 2020

LeanCor Supply Chain Group, a provider of end-to-end supply chain management and logistics, announced that Flexcon, a supplier coated and laminated films and adhesives, has selected the company as its third-party logistics provider to manage logistics engineering and transportation execution in order to advance performance and deliver improved customer experience. LeanCor will engineer and manage Flexcon’s North American transportation network, providing a dedicated team of logisticians at...

Visible Supply Chain Management | January 14, 2020

Salt Lake City-based Visible Supply Chain Management, a provider of shipping and fulfillment services for small- to mid-sized businesses, announced December 19 that it acquired Kansas Continental Express (KCX). Based in Emporia, Kansas, KCX is a provider of shipping logistics and freight transportation throughout North America. It will join Visible’s family of companies and will be known by the parent company name. “Most important to Visible is our customers’ continued success,...