USPS plan would slow package delivery for long-distance hauls
If approved, service would carry more packages by truck instead of plane, changing three-day delivery plan to a two-to-five day window.

Procurement

Report: Most buyers will switch suppliers for a better online experience
Survey of U.S. B2B buyers shows how pandemic-driven behavior shifts are accelerating digital transformation strategies in the supply chain.

Global

Scan Global Logistics brings TransGroup under its brand umbrella
Danish freight forwarder continues global expansion under private equity ownership.

Featured Video

ITA Presidents Forum offers global lift truck market insights

Every four years, the leaders of associated lift truck trade associations worldwide meet in the US to present and discuss trends in the global lift truck market, including representatives from Japan, China, the European Union and the United States.

Blogs

SCQ Forum
Find Future Cost Savings through a Facilities Management Contract Audit
If your company has yet to engage in a facilities management contract audit, perhaps it’s time to give it some thought.
Reflections
Occam's Razor and the Corona Virus
Ask any scientist anchored in the real world, and they posit that the simplest of competing theories is preferred to the more complex.

Subscribe to the award-winning, official magazine of CSCMP

Subscribe Now

Logistics

Bringg raises $100 million in Series E funding
Led by Insight Partners, the latest round brings the delivery and fulfillment platform provider’s valuation to $1 billion.

Manufacturing

Accenture acquires German engineering firm to build digitalization abilities
Deal to buy Umlaut is company’s 23rd acquisition since 2017 in pursuit of “Industry X” growth.

Finance

U.S. businesses to spend additional $140 billion in Q2
Automation is the fastest-growing area in tech spending, according to global B2B spend indicator survey.

Strategy

National Forklift Safety Day 2021 puts safety in context
Speakers addressed OSHA priorities, supply chain pressures on retail, and operator training.

Upcoming Webinar

JUN

Project:Future / Retail & Fashion - Realizing Future-ready Fulfillment

Join us for this thought-provoking retail session as we explore next-generation automation technologies and system-optimizing software.

Industry Press Room News

Gebrüder Weiss honored as “logistics heroes”
German Brand Award for image campaign: Experts pay tribute to the logistics company’s communication during the 2020 coronavirus crisis

Submit your company's news

Technology

MIT report examines predictive analytics in supply chains
Center for Transportation and Logistics releases summary report of roundtable discussion on analytics, with input from industry and academia.

Whitepapers

Special Report: Supply Chain Transparency Creates Resilient Operations
By using technology, people, and processes, today's supply chains can produce real-time transparency to everyone in the supply chain journey including manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and even consumers.
Sponsored by:Ryder
Strategic Planning
Route planners from leading companies are eliminating wasted miles by creating base-level territories and routes from historical route, customer, and sales data months or weeks before drivers are dispatched.
Sponsored by:Omnitracs

Industry Data Points

10.0%

Logistics Managers Index

41.2 in January, down 10 percent compared to December
2pts

FTR Shippers Conditions Index

Rose to 8.8 in July, up 2 points from November; strongest reading since June 2018.
0.4%

National Retail Federation

Retail sales up 0.4 percent in January from November and up 4.6 percent year-over-year

New Products

Infragistics Breaks New Ground in Designer-Developer Collaboration with Ultimate 21.1 UX/UI Toolkit
Infragistics, the software company responsible for the UI and UX solutions powering cross-platform applications for the world’s largest enterprises, today announced the release of Infragistics Ultimate 21.1.
LogicSource Launches Procurement Council to Elevate the Brand of Sourcing and Procurement
Exclusive group of procurement leaders discuss industry trends, technologies and market intelligence
Hyster Expands Lift Truck Portfolio with Cushion Tire Model Designed Around Lithium-ion Power
Hyster Company announces the release of its new E50-60XNL series, the industry’s first cushion tire counterbalanced lift truck available in the 5,000-to-6,000-pound capacity range specifically designed around factory integrated lithium-ion power.

Featured Video

Connected Technologies: Scalable, Flexible and Intelligent

Viewer Contributed

The Raymond Corporation and its network of Solutions and Support Centers move your organization forward by offering advanced technologies, connected with scalable, flexible and intelligent warehouse solutions to bring visibility across your entire organization. We take a deep dive to understand your business, gather...

E-Commerce

Retail group says emergence from pandemic will lead to urgent transformation, not a new “normalcy”
Supply chain changes are needed to meet increased buying rates that will linger long after vaccination push, Consumer Brands Association says.

Third-Party Logistics

Report: Rough road remains for truckload market
Q3 U.S. truckload and LTL market forecast shows continued volatility, difficulty for supply chains.

Subscribe to the award-winning, official magazine of CSCMP

Upcoming Webinar

Industry Data Points

Logistics Managers Index

FTR Shippers Conditions Index

National Retail Federation