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Supply Chain Dive | May 28, 2020

The future of last-mile logistics could be a hybrid truck and drone model, but there are significant regulatory barriers keeping it from becoming a reality in the near future, according to a paper published May 16 by Matthias Winkenbach, the director of Massachusetts Institute of Technology 's (MIT) Megacity Logistics Lab, and Farri Gaba, a research assistant at the university.Deploying drones on traditional delivery vehicles would allow parcels to be distributed simultaneously. The dr...

PR Newswire | September 08, 2020

Nippon Express Co., Ltd. is in the process of developing pharmaceutical supply chain networks that meet both hardware and software requirements for Good Distribution Practices (standards for ensuring proper distribution of pharmaceuticals; hereinafter, "GDP") and thereby enable safer and more secure supply of pharmaceuticals. In view of the globalization of pharmaceutical supply chains, the Company will also be setting up GDP-compliant business locations in major markets worldwide to e...

Logistics

FedEx | March 23, 2022

FedEx Office, a world-class provider of convenient, state-of-the-art printing, packing and shipping services and subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), announced an alliance with Notarize, a leading online notarization provider, to launch FedEx Office Online Notary. The new service will make convenient, fully-digital notarization services available to the millions of Americans who need personal or professional documents notarized annually.More than a billion documents require notarization ...

Logistics

Unique Logistics International | July 17, 2021

Unique Logistics International, Inc., a global logistics and freight forwarding firm, announced today the renewal and extension of its existing partnership with CarParts.com, Inc. The Company will continue to offer ocean freight services for CarParts.com, Inc. via Taiwan, China, India, and the Philippines to the United States during the current Transpacific shipping season, until Spring 2022, under the conditions of the renewed partnership. With more routes and greater freight vol...