Target tests post-store sort center for last-mile delivery

The downstream locations are intended to remove parcel sorting from stores as Target shipped 80% of e-commerce orders from stores in Q1. 

By Emma Cosgrove • May 20, 2020

Experts: 3 ways coronavirus has shifted supply chains' focus

Practitioners from across the industry came together at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to discuss how the pandemic is affecting their operations. 

By Matt Leonard • May 20, 2020

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Here’s how companies are navigating rising costs, network changes and logistics disruptions across global supply chain networks.

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Americold, Ahold Delhaize partner to build 2 automated cold chain warehouses

Automation features in the warehouses will include integrated transportation management systems (TMS), end-to-end forecasting and inventory replenishment technology.

By Krishna Thakker • May 19, 2020

COVID-19 may put industrial distribution back in the game

Manufacturers may look to their industrial distribution network as an opportunity to satisfy more customers and rebuild their market share.

By Rich Weissman • May 19, 2020

FedEx, Microsoft partner on 'near-real-time' parcel tracking

The multi-year collaboration will power FedEx logistics solutions with Microsoft's Azure cloud service and ERP platform, Dynamics 365.

By S.L. Fuller • May 18, 2020

DHL pilots e-cargo bikes in Miami to reduce congestion, pollution

Miami partnered with DHL and Reef Technologies to pilot the bikes for last-mile deliveries, a move that's expected to reduce carbon emissions by 101,000 kg annually.

By Cailin Crowe • May 18, 2020

JD.com delivery costs reach 'all-time low' with pandemic volume growth

For several U.S. firms, including Amazon, a flood of volume driven by stay-at-home orders and social distancing hasn't led to the economies of scale JD executives described.

By Emma Cosgrove • May 18, 2020

DHL: Online orders pushed parcel volume to peak season levels in April

Domestic parcel volume has increased by 36% and cross-border numbers increased by 28% compared to daily averages seen in February.

By Morgan Forde • May 14, 2020

Warehouse capacity contracts as imports arrive amid low demand, closed storefronts

XPO and Flexe said customers are looking for places to store inventory that has nowhere else to go.

By Matt Leonard • May 12, 2020

COVID-19 changed the stakes for e-commerce. Do fulfillment networks need to change too?

A global pandemic that drove consumers into their homes, cratered demand for discretionary goods and upped screen time has changed the risk calculus for e-commerce fulfillment.

By Emma Cosgrove • May 12, 2020

Target to acquire Deliv tech as the last-mile startup shuts down

The retailer will use Deliv's proprietary batching and routing technology to research and develop faster and cheaper delivery methods.​

By Matt Leonard • May 11, 2020

Peloton struggles with upstream delays amid pandemic demand surge

The at-home fitness juggernaut acquired one of its major manufacturers in Taiwan in October 2019 in an effort to mitigate supply issues, but the facility will not be fully online until December 2020, executives said. 

By Emma Cosgrove • May 11, 2020

Amazon Freight expands to 48 states, furthering control of its logistics network

The majority of carriers and brokers viewed Amazon's entry to freight hauling negatively, fearing it would push down dry van spot rates. 

By Jim Stinson • May 7, 2020

Pandemic tests Wayfair's operational efficiency as orders increase, losses continue

The company is in the process of hiring an additional 1,000 workers to handle pandemic-driven shipment volume growth, COO Thomas Netzer said on a Tuesday call with analysts.

By Emma Cosgrove • May 5, 2020

US military has logistics expertise to oversee ventilator sharing among states: Health Affairs paper

The federal government must have "visibility into not only how many ventilators exist, but also where they are located in real-time," the author of the paper wrote. Currently, it does not.

By Susan Kelly • May 4, 2020

Walmart adds 2-hour delivery service

The retailer will lean on its vast store network and existing delivery partners to execute speedy last-mile deliveries. 

By Shefali Kapadia • May 1, 2020

Amazon's fulfillment slows, coronavirus adds $4B in projected Q2 operational cost

The cost of shipping in Q1 was in line with the company's expectations for the continuing costs of one-day Prime, CFO Brian Olsavsky said.

By Emma Cosgrove • April 30, 2020

UPS and Michaels launch contactless parcel pickup, drop-off service

Omnichannel options have become increasingly popular alternatives for retailers as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to force store closures in many states.

By Morgan Forde • April 30, 2020

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

What every heavy haul shipper needs to know

Don't take any chances with your over-dimensional, over-weight freight.

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

USPS ships mail by sea as airfreight crunch continues

This is not the first time the Postal Service has made such a move due to the COVID-19 outbreak, a USPS spokesperson told Supply Chain Dive. 

By Emma Cosgrove • April 24, 2020

Inside Ceva Logistics' approach to managing GM's ventilator supply chain

Retooling production from semiconductors to ventilators requires Ceva and GM to work with hundreds of new suppliers. 

By Matt Leonard • April 23, 2020

Carrier force majeure explained

A basic understanding of force majeure — and the real reason carriers make the declaration — may help to lessen some of the panic they generate.

By Emma Cosgrove • April 20, 2020

PwC, AmCham China predict companies will pursue a 'China+1' strategy after COVID-19

Despite the trade war and ongoing financial and supply chain challenges, very few companies the two organizations surveyed said they were preparing to shift operations or sourcing out of China. 

By Morgan Forde • April 20, 2020