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Airspace | March 18, 2021

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted a U.S. patent to the Airspace’s logistics management system as of March 2. The granted patent covers computer programming, method, system, and graphical representation mentioned in the system. The co-founder and CTO of Airspace, Ryan Rusnak says “This technology is a game-changer for the industries like logistics and supply chain.” He also adds, “the transparency this technology gives creates confide...

BRINK | April 20, 2020

Until now, business models for Industry 4.0, based around automation, autonomous systems and artificial intelligence, have been largely theoretical. The technology has been there without the determination to take on the social and economic shocks involved with implementation. However, one of the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 crisis is likely to be an acceleration toward the automation of systems and near-shoring. We may see shorter, simpler supply chains with new levels of resilience built in ...

LOGISTICS

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...