European postal operators and carriers need a plan to deal with increasing last-mile regulation

Bruno Ceccaldi, Senior Business Development Manager, Doddle Merchants and logistics providers in Europe need to be prepared to both meet regulatory obligations and to participate in voluntary frameworks aimed at improving sustainability and other social responsibilities. Like it or not, change is needed in ecommerce and the last mile, where delivery volumes have reached levels […]

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FourKites Partners with Gravity Provide Real-time, First-Mile Visibility for Global Shipments

Leading supply chain visibility provider FourKites today announced an exclusive partnership with Gravity, maker of an award-winning supply chain management platform for many of the world’s leading shippers and freight forwarders. The partnership will extend the real-time visibility offered by the FourKites® platform to encompass the first mile — from the time an order is […]

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Digital Catapult announces new testbeds to make UK supply chains more sustainable 

Digital Catapult’s Made Smarter Innovation | Digital Supply Chain Hub has today announced the winners of a National Digital Supply Chain Testbed competition. The competition called upon large UK suppliers and manufacturers to develop digital twins of their supply chains in partnership with suppliers to test new solutions that will increase business sustainability and resilience.  […]

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Descartes’ Study Shows Top Performers are Twice as Likely to Have the Greatest Increase in Transportation Management IT Investment

Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq: DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, released the results of its 7th Annual Global Transportation Management Benchmark Survey. The report highlights that top financial performing companies are twice as likely to have the largest percentage increase in their transportation management (TM) IT investments compared to poorer financial performing […]

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ShipStation Announces New Partnership with Mirakl to Deliver Enhanced Shipping Processes on Leading Marketplaces

ShipStation, the world’s leading cloud-based ecommerce shipping solution, today announced a partnership with Mirakl, the leading SaaS solution to power scalable, profitable ecommerce growth. The partnership will integrate ShipStation to the Mirakl Connect ecosystem, granting merchants access to enhanced shipping processes on the world’s leading marketplaces.  Merchants in the Mirakl Connect ecosystem can now easily […]

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Protecting Supply Chain Ideas: Patenting Your Best

Supply chain operations often take the backseat when it comes to innovation and upgrades compared with functions that face the customer and consumer. Companies prefer to leave these processes unchanged whenever they work and often usually intervene only after something bad happens. But active measures need to be taken to protect the most valuable resources, […]

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AI’s Emerging Impact on Cross-Border Trade Revealed in New Report

Eurora, a leading platform for cross-border trade compliance using AI/ML (artificial intelligence/machine learning), has published a report titled “The Case for AI in Cross-Border Trade” specifically for retailers. The report demonstrates how AI and automation can assist retailers in complying with the diverse cross-border trade regulations enforced by different countries whilst streamlining processes like HS […]

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Fenton Packaging Solutions helps Miniml launch zero-waste cleaning refills at two major charity superstores

Skipton, Yorkshire-based sustainable chemical manufacturer, The Friendly Chemical Co (FCC) has launched a new refill station concept for its ethical household and personal care products brand, Miniml. More from The Logistics Point Magazine April 2023 here! Learn from: JLL; DP World; IMS Evolve; Stuart; ITS Logistics; Ecoveritas; Tompkins Robotics; Filtrona Tapes; Logistics UK; Exiger; Working […]

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How supply chains expose themselves to cyber security threats

Attackers are targeting under-resourced suppliers with weaker defences as a way of disrupting or compromising larger organisations. The notable ransomware attack on a supplier to semiconductor giant Applied Materials is expected to lead to $250m in lost sales. With well over 60% of organisations having suffered a data breach through a third party, this regularly […]

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