UPS to team with tech firms for study on truck congestion

The four-month study in Chicago will find places and times when congestion from delivery trucks worsens or when gridlock makes delivery more difficult.

By Jason Plautz • Sept. 18, 2018

UPS will hire 100K seasonal employees

The figure is an increase of more than 5% from past years, when the company hired 95,000 workers each season.

By Shefali Kapadia • Sept. 18, 2018

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FedEx leans on automation to handle record-breaking peak season

Executives say that employees can hardly be seen at FedEx's automated sorting hubs. 

By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 18, 2018

Reno, Nevada conducts FAA-approved drone delivery flight

During the test, a single pilot simultaneously flew several drones from company Flirtey to deliver automated external defibrillators.

By Jason Plautz • Sept. 17, 2018

Ikea moves up the timeline for for 'zero emissions' in last-mile delivery

Electric delivery vehicles are one step on the road to eventually reaching carbon positive status, according to Ikea.

By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 17, 2018

Timeline: How Hurricane Florence is agitating supply chains

Higher logistics costs, plant shutdowns. Even days before the storm reached the shores of the eastern seaboard, supply chains were being disrupted by Hurricane Florence.

By Supply Chain Dive • Sept. 14, 2018

UPS zeros in on 'super hubs,' high-margin shipments to grow business

With faster, more automated parcel sorting, UPS seeks to be an early adopter of technology to stay ahead of the competition. 

By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 14, 2018

Hurricane Florence could spike food freight costs

Even though consumers are stocking up on supplies, a Credit Suisse report found that the storm could create a challenging headwind for food makers' expenses.

By Cathy Siegner • Sept. 13, 2018

FedEx to deliver 6 days a week year-round

The carrier has for years extended its delivery week during the holiday season, but beginning 2019, six-day weeks will be the norm at FedEx Ground.

By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 12, 2018

4 technologies tackling food waste in the supply chain

From reefer sensors to avocado imagery, venture capitalists are pouring hundreds of millions into the trillion-dollar problem of food waste.

By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 12, 2018

Logistics is booming in China — but not where you think

Inland cities serve as land bridges between China and Europe, making them ripe for warehouse and transportation development.

By Deborah Abrams Kaplan • Sept. 11, 2018

Uber for ice cream: Häagen-Dazs tests geo-targeted delivery app

The brand's app enables ice cream to be sent to a customer's exact location and allows users to track deliveries in real time. 

By Jessi Devenyns • Sept. 10, 2018

Come sail away: Airbus taps wind power to move airliner parts more efficiently

The aerospace company is adding sails to one of its roll-on, roll-off vessels to reduce fuel costs and emissions.

By Gary Wollenhaupt • Sept. 10, 2018

Why USPS is the perfect fit for the last mile

Advanced technology and working with shippers can help the Postal Service survive in an e-commerce dominated world.

By Barry Hochfelder • Sept. 7, 2018

World Logistics Center goes 'back to square one'

Recent court decisions cast doubt on plans to open a 40-million-square-foot development in Moreno Valley, California, by 2023.

By Edwin Lopez • Sept. 6, 2018

To see the future of fulfillment at Amazon, you'll have to look up

The e-commerce giant won two patents, one for self-charging drones and another for flying warehouses.

By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 6, 2018

Amazon orders 20K vans for last-mile delivery program

The order is more than four times the e-commerce giant's originally anticipated order of 4,500 vans. 

By Shefali Kapadia • Sept. 6, 2018

Walmart pilots new last-mile service for grocery

The pilot would crowdsource drivers and offer live-tracking of deliveries, helping the retailer expand its service to more markets.

By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 5, 2018

FAA completes first 4 drone pilots

The Federal Aviation Administration will conduct six more pilots to test the use and regulations needed for the aerial technology.

By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 5, 2018

Trade and tech push supply chains from global to local

The vast majority of businesses are exploring localization options, according to a report published by A.T. Kearney — and the trend is here to stay. 

By Shefali Kapadia • Sept. 5, 2018

Walmart.com shoppers find out-of-stocks amid fulfillment revamp

The retail giant is experimenting with ways to more efficiently fulfill bulky or heavy orders, executives at Walmart suppliers told The Wall Street Journal.

By Daphne Howland • Sept. 4, 2018

Supply chains could help spare $270B of food waste with a few fixes

Industry, not consumers, has the primary responsibility for fixing the trillion dollar problem of food waste, according to a report from Boston Consulting Group. 

By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 4, 2018

Best Buy speeds up fulfillment with new, partly automated warehouse

Though the electronics retailer has focused on the store experience in recent years, optimizing delivery is top of mind. 

By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 3, 2018

Kroger grows delivery footprint by 50% with Instacart

The expansion takes the grocery’s same-day service from 45 to 120 metropolitan markets, including Nashville, Memphis and Atlanta.

By Alicia Kelso • Aug. 31, 2018

Publix taps a distribution center to help wage its grocery wars

A new 1.8 million-square-foot facility could help stabilize the grocer as it expands beyond its base, and dwarfs nearby Harris Teeter and Lidl hubs. 

By Emma Liem Beckett • Aug. 31, 2018