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UPS partners with CVS on residential drone delivery in Florida
UPS’ Flight Forward division will run drones between a CVS location and a central delivery point near a local retirement community, where a ground vehicle will take deliveries to customer residences.
By Morgan Forde • April 29, 2020 -
UPS negotiates pricing ‘customer by customer’ as shift to residential delivery hits profits
The company removed $1 billion in capital expenditures from its 2020 plans, but still pledged to have 100% of parcel volume flowing through automated sorting by 2022.
By Emma Cosgrove • April 28, 2020 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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TrendlineInside the trends affecting logistics management
The demise of the de minimis exception, trade tensions and tariffs are among the new challenges logistics managers are facing.
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Omnichannel comes to the fore as Texas launches plan to reopen retail
Though many retailers have adopted BOPIS and other omnichannel strategies, those starting from scratch have a steep learning curve ahead as economic reopening plans attempt to limit retail foot traffic.
By Emma Cosgrove • April 21, 2020 -
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Amazon extends distribution center shutdowns in France after losing appeal case
A French court ruled the company must cease delivery of non-essential goods after a labor union filed complaints about worker safety measures.
By Morgan Forde • Updated April 24, 2020 -
Unions demand COVID-19 protections for Amazon warehouse workers
These safety concerns come as the e-commerce giant is hiring for nearly 200,000 new roles.
By Sheryl Estrada • April 8, 2020 -
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How the CARES Act will affect supply chains
The law offers financial relief to businesses weathering COVID-19 disruption and attempts to keep freight and last-mile cargo moving.
By Morgan Forde • April 1, 2020 -
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Amazon suspends deliveries of nonessential goods in France, India, Italy
Third-party sellers on Amazon’s marketplace that do not use Amazon fulfillment and logistics services to process and deliver orders can still ship to customers, but delays may result.
By Morgan Forde • March 24, 2020 -
As stay-at-home orders spread, deliveries speed up
Less congestion means faster and more predictable deliveries, according to data from Convoy.
By Emma Cosgrove • March 24, 2020 -
Costco brings big and bulky delivery in-house with $1B acquisition
The retailer has contracted out large-parcel deliveries to Innovel over the past five years. But as its main client, Sears, began to decline, Costco saw an opportunity to buy.
By Morgan Forde • March 18, 2020 -
Amazon hires 100K, opens up 75K additional roles as COVID-19 surges demand
E-commerce has boomed as consumers worldwide practice social distancing and self-quarantining, leading e-tailers to amp up their supply chains to cope.
By Shefali Kapadia • Updated April 13, 2020 -
Column
Patent Pending: Walmart’s plan for reducing empty miles
Supply chain innovators apply to patent what they see as important tools for the future. Sometimes they’re brilliant. Sometimes they’re funny.
By Matt Leonard • March 13, 2020 -
UPS taps former Home Depot CFO Carol Tomé to succeed David Abney as CEO
Tomé will be UPS’ twelfth CEO in its 113-year history and the first woman to hold the position.
By Morgan Forde • March 12, 2020 -
Hy-Vee brings online order fulfillment back to stores
The grocer will shut down its four Aisles Online fulfillment centers the week of March 23, according to a company spokesperson.
By Jessica Dumont • March 9, 2020 -
Logistics Manager’s Index reaches historic low
The sector remains in growth territory, but at the slowest rate recorded since 2016. Can it wait out slowdowns from the coronavirus outbreak?
By Morgan Forde • March 5, 2020 -
Coronavirus-driven online order spikes challenge grocery supply chains
Amazon Fresh and Prime Now have experienced significant delivery delays, while Instacart’s sales growth rate has increased tenfold over the past three days.
By Jeff Wells • March 3, 2020 -
Execs say in-house logistics made JD.com more nimble in coronavirus response
JD has created an internal task force to manage the crisis response, deployed human and autonomous capacity to facilitate the delivery of crucial supplies and waived fees for some suppliers and sellers on the JD.com site.
By Emma Cosgrove • March 3, 2020 -
Deep Dive
Wayfair is all in on logistics
Executives insist 2020 is the year Wayfair’s logistics investments will show their worth.
By Emma Cosgrove • Feb. 28, 2020 -
Gartner: Circular supply chain investments must focus on reverse logistics
Seventy percent of supply chain leaders plan to invest in new technologies, from manufacturing to delivery, to achieve circularity by mid-2021.
By Morgan Forde • Feb. 27, 2020 -
Home Depot opened a dozen last-mile facilities with more than 100 to come
Home Depot’s multiyear $1.2 billion supply chain upgrade that includes dozens of new facilities is “just getting going,” said CEO Craig Menear.
By Emma Cosgrove • Feb. 26, 2020 -
Inaccurate maps cost logistics companies $6B: survey
Even small problems can result in major losses for logistics companies, especially as e-commerce puts more delivery trucks on city streets.
By Jason Plautz • Feb. 11, 2020 -
FedEx to transfer some Express parcels to Ground for last mile
The aim is to improve parcel density and cost particularity for residential deliveries, FedEx said.
By Morgan Forde • Feb. 10, 2020 -
Nuro’s autonomous delivery vehicle cleared to hit the road
The company will begin public road testing with 5,000 of its R2 units in Houston over the coming weeks, carrying consumer products, groceries and restaurant orders.
By Kristin Musulin • Feb. 7, 2020 -
JD Logistics deploys autonomous shuttles, drones for last-mile deliveries in coronavirus quarantine zones
The technologies minimize human contact, and JD Logistics has provided its employees in the area with masks, body suits and other emergency safety gear.
By Morgan Forde • Feb. 7, 2020 -
How online order fulfillment is changing grocery in 3 charts
Meeting the tight deadlines consumers desire has pushed grocers to get creative with fulfillment.
By Morgan Forde • Feb. 6, 2020 -
Online grocery forecast increases to $143B by 2025
FMI and Nielsen updated their projections due to an uptick in pickup, two-hour delivery, expanded services and a surge in Amazon Prime memberships.
By Krishna Thakker • Feb. 3, 2020
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