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Toyota Tsusho Corporation | April 25, 2022

Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho), a member of the Toyota Group and one of Japan's largest general trade firms, and Zipline, the worldwide leader in instant logistics, today announced the commencement of automated, on-demand delivery of medical supplies throughout Japan's Got Islands. Toyota Tsusho will use Zipline's immediate logistics system to do normal commercial long-distance drone deliveries in Japan as part of this agreement. This agreement represents Zi...

Supply Chain

Visionet | January 20, 2022

Visionet Systems, the leader in digitally enabled solutions for businesses around the world, is evolving PartnerLinQ, its flagship digital supply chain connectivity solution, to push the boundaries of connectivity by simplifying visibility and connectivity across the global supply chain and commerce channels. With PartnerLinQ's new capabilities, customers can access its native app ecosystem allowing users to add more business context to their solution with one click. Read More

Sedex | October 14, 2020

In an industry first, responsible business membership organisation Sedex has launched a new virtual assessment tool that enables businesses to continue assessing suppliers and protecting workers in their supply chain during the coronavirus pandemic. The Virtual Assessment is a human rights due diligence tool that a social auditor uses to assess the performance of a site remotely through the use of video conferencing, gaining as much insight as possible into site conditions, management systems an...

Maersk | May 13, 2020

Maersk expects to cancel 140 sailings in the second quarter after issuing 90 blank sailings (a 3.5% drop in capacity) earlier this year, the carrier said in its first-quarter report released Wednesday.The void trips are a way for the carrier to cut costs as demand for ocean freight falls due to lockdown measures stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Maersk expects demand to fall 20% to 25% in the second quarter across all its businesses, it said in the report. The company had been foreca...