Topic: Mobile & Wireless

Significant changes may be coming for Greenwich, Conn.-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider XPO Logistics, with the company announcing today that its board of directors signed off on the approval of a plan to seek a spin-off of its logistics group as a standalone publicly traded company.

2020 marks the 15th year that we’re offering our readers a line up of educational sessions (going live on Dec. 10) designed to prepare logistics and supply chain operations for the year to come.

FUSE wearable safety sensor is unobtrusive but durable, providing ergonomic, environmental and Covid-related proximity alerts to the wearer, and forward-indicating dashboards to managers.

XPO Logistics said today that its XPO Connect digital freight marketplace has hit what it called two new global milestones, with more than 200,000 downloads for the Drive XPO mobile app, with more than 65,000 carriers now registered on the platform.

A mobile technology “arms race” is underway as companies re-imagine their supply chains, incorporate more mobility solutions into those networks, and work harder to future-proof their business models.

As fulfillment requirements become more complex, software rises to the challenge of enabling automated systems

The key component of this expanded partnership, according to DHL, is ten new, nationwide deployments of the Locus AMR solution, through and Expanded Multi-Site Services Agreement. Today, DHL Supply Chain has roughly 100 bots deployed in two locations, according to Jim Gehr, President, Retail, at DHL Supply Chain North America. Gehr added that with this announcement, DHL is targeting that number to be roughly 1,000 by the end of 2020.

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Jim Gehr, President, Retail, DHL Supply Chain, North America, at the RILA (Retail Industry Leaders Association) LINK 2020 in Dallas. Their conversation focused on a wide range of topics, including trade and tariffs, Peak Season, coronavirus, and last mile logisitcs, among others.

After decades of steady progress, the industry prepares for a flood of technology to capture and act upon real-time location of assets, people and goods.

Every year, Loftware conducts a survey to get a pulse on labeling trends impacting businesses and global supply chains.

The logistics industry is evolving. This guide will help you keep up – and thrive.

Truckstop.com said this week that Book It Now will be available for free for a limited time to freight brokers using Truckstop.com Load Board Pro, adding that it is free for carriers and will appear on their Truckstop Mobile application.

The following report outlines common obstacles for regulatory labeling and reviews six best practices organizations can implement to overcome common these labeling challenges.

Join this webinar to learn how modern voice solutions can significantly boost productivity and accuracy while ensuring that your business is making the right investment for today and the future.

This whitepaper aims to provide a better understanding of whether it might be a solution for your retail supply chain operations.

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As mobility continues to make its way into every link of the supply chain, here’s how our increasingly connected world is affecting operations outside of the warehouse’s four walls.

Download the report to learn best practices for managing those increasing label demands.

Voice solutions are as diverse as the algorithms and analytics driving them—exposing new opportunities.

A pairing between Trucker Tools, a Reston, Va.-based provider of trip planning, shipment visibility and freight matching solutions, and transportation management system (TMS) provider Ascend TMS was announced by the companies this week. Through this partnership, Ascend said it is integrating Trucker Tools’ Smart Capacity platform in order to enable brokers, 3PLs, and shippers with the ability to see live and available truck capacity in real time multiple days before trucks are empty.