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UPS | December 14, 2020

FedEx and UPS are working intently together on the logistics of vaccine deliveries and have split the U.S. by states between the two organizations, UPS President of Global Healthcare Wes Wheeler said in his Senate declaration Thursday. "FedEx and UPS have split the country into two; we know exactly what states we have and they know what states they have," Wheeler said. "We're guaranteeing overnight from the time that it leaves the Pfizer location or the McKesson...

PR Newswire | October 20, 2020

Before COVID-19, consumers, policy makers and even corporate executives were mostly oblivious to the global complexity of supply chains. This year's empty grocery shelves and missing medical supplies changed that. Eight months after the pandemic's onset, transportation systems still aren't back to "normal," and researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Haslam College of Business expect they never will be. "Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and amb...

Logistics

WAGNER LOGISTICS | December 20, 2021

Wagner Logistics, a third-party logistics company, is pleased to announce that it has partnered with LongueVue Capital ("LVC"), a New Orleans-based private equity firm to recapitalize the business and provide growth capital to fund the Company's continued expansion. Headquartered in North Kansas City, MO, Wagner is an asset-light third-party logistics ("3PL") provider focused on contract warehousing, fulfillment, and related transportation services to customers across a v...

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...