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UPS | February 25, 2020

UPS is set to expand its facilities at the Memphis International Airport in Tennessee, a $216 million project the Airport Authority greenlighted late last week, according to multiple reports. The expansion, which marks the sixth amendment in the 23-year-old lease agreement, adds 1.1 million square feet of land to the 5.9 million square feet it already leases from the airport. UPS will reportedly use the space for facility support and trailer parking. The Memphis expansion follows UPS' announ...

Supply Chain Dive | June 10, 2020

Manufacturers and suppliers are taking a second look at digital transformation as they strive to operate in the new uncertainty of COVID-19. While they previously looked to technologies such as data, IoT, robotics and analytics to drive efficiency, they’re now viewing them as a means to increase resiliency in disruptive times."COVID-19 is vastly accelerating digital transformation," Mary Long, director of the Supply Chain Forum at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, told...

Freight

CH Robinson | January 13, 2021

C.H. Robinson and SAS are partnering to unite their current tools with the objective of joining request arranging and transportation procurement at CPG retailers and producers, the organizations reported Tuesday in an official statement. C.H. Robinson has heard client protests that the way toward utilizing a yearly offered measure for freight procurement can bring about transportation gets that gotten obsolete as request designs move, said C.H. Robinson Chief Commercial Officer Ch...

Supply Chain Dive | April 30, 2020

Airfreight volume fell more than 15% year-over-year (YoY) in March, according to the latest numbers from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). But with capacity falling further the industry can't keep up with what demand remains and prices for air freight are climbing as a result.Freight capacity fell nearly 23% YoY in March as a result of belly cargo space in passenger airlines being pulled from the market due to flight cancellations.International belly cargo capac...