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Infosys has released multinational research findings on artificial intelligence (AI) business impact, market maturity and expectations, the research report polled 1,600 senior business decision makers at large organizations across the world and evealed a clear link between an organization’s revenue growth and its AI maturity.

Eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity, according to a new report published by Oxfam today to mark the annual meeting of political and business leaders in Davos.

Is there a “secret sauce” for consistent supply chain success? McDonald’s, which is consistently ranked in the top echelon of supply chains by Gartner, thinks so, the fast food leader stays atop of the marketplace with a “system” where suppliers and McDonald’s “share the pie.”

The International Air Transport Association announced that it expects the global airline industry to make a net profit in 2017 of $29.8 billion, on forecast total revenues of $736 billion, that represents a 4.1% net profit margin.

Salesforce has published an IDC report covering the Salesforce Economy, providing a comprehensive analysis of the growth and momentum in cloud computing.

Researchers from MIT’s MLOG Program, C.H. Robinson, and TMC teamed up to analyze over one million truckload transactions, and their findings revealed that by increasing lead time, companies can dramatically impact their transportation costs.

New Drewry report highlights ‘wide and varied threats and opportunities’ as innovative online platforms alter the way companies buy international shipping services.

Exceptional savings and promotions encouraged more consumers to shop over the holiday weekend, with more than 154 million consumers shopping over Thanksgiving weekend, up from 151 million shoppers in 2015.

$1.2 Billion Spent via Mobile Devices; Top Selling Products Include Apple iPads, Samsung 4K TVs and Lego Creator.

According to a Forrester study, the U.S. B2B e-commerce is projected to grow from $780 billion in 2015 to $1.13 trillion by 2020, and companies that adopt a customer-centric approach to business are poised to capitalize on the ecommerce growth opportunity.

The study will be led by by Purdue University using Peloton’s NEXTCAR project team which includes Cummins, Peterbilt Motors Company, ZF TRW, the University of Arizona and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Convey, providers of the first enterprise platform focused exclusively on the end-to-end customer delivery experience, has announced the launch of its Engage product, an all-in-one logistics command center for managing in-transit shipments.

Digitalization is the single most talked-about topic among business leaders at all tech and non-tech companies - including small, midsized, and large companies, in all industries and all lines of businesses. Why?

New research conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of American Express found that forty-three percent of companies surveyed expect trade to increase by more than 10% over the next five years.

FedEx has thrived behind the growth in e-commerce, but the problem for FDX stock is that XPO Logistics is quickly becoming a big name in the e-commerce space.

A new report by CDP highlights the value of strategically hardwiring sustainability into supply and demand to future-proof businesses.

The 2017 21st Annual Third-Party Logistics Study shows that shippers and their third-party logistics providers continue to move away from primarily transactional relationships and toward meaningful partnerships.

The findings from the “25th Annual Trends and Issues in Transportation and Logistics” suggest that three complex, interrelated supply chain elements - transportation, technology, and organizational structure - are major contributors to the indecision of committing to a direction.

Amazon takes on autos, Europe lacks innovation, textbook prices soar, and Walmart's cost-cutting equals crime.

The bill of materials for an iPhone 7 equipped with 32 gigabytes of NAND flash memory carries $219.80 in bill of materials costs, according to a preliminary estimate from IHS Markit.