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Walmart is marrying the power of the Walmart App with its brick-and-mortar retail stores and hoping to slash returns from what used to take roughly 5 minutes to 30 seconds.

Verigo CEO Adam Kinsey describes how the Gainesville company's sensor technology can reduce waste by bringing the Internet of Things to logistics and supply chain management, and after 4 years of R&D, they have launched a leading “pod quality” analysis monitoring device for the perishable supply chain.

Supply chain managers have yet to fully embrace the power of blockchain technology, say analysts, but the advance seems all but inexorable.

Based on various commentaries from speakers at the recent 2017 FTR Transportation Conference and CSCMP Edge, it stands to reason that in the coming months, rates are only heading in one direction: up.

Enterprise Asset Intelligence platform unlocks data from connected devices, environments and things to transform workflows and mobilize actionable insights.

The CSXT-partner operated Pittsburgh Intermodal Rail Terminal opened on September 6, 2017, providing freight shippers a brand new transportation option to move freight to and from western Pennsylvania.

SMC3's Chief Data Officer, Danny Slaton, and David Knight, former CIO, and Senior Vice President, Product Development, discuss How API Technology Connects the Transportation Economy.

When you consider that the average age of a trucker is 56, you realize it’s high time to up efforts to recruit and retain younger drivers to address the driver shortage and ensure a future for this profession.

SMC³ continues to innovate with the announcement that it has created an LTL rate benchmark, MexicoLite™ Intra, for shipments traveling point-to-point within Mexico.

While some businesses see the benefits of a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning solution, many others may have misinformation or doubt about making the transition to the cloud - in this article we discuss 3 cloud ERP theories’ that may be holding you back.

Leading third party logistics provider C.H. Robinson has introduced a bold new innovation with the launch of Navisphere® Vision, a supply chain technology that provides real-time global visibility across all modes and regions in one platform.

Despite the hype, it turns out that RFID was only the beginning, the promise of end-to-end supply chain visibility that began years ago with RFID is now being realized through new, predictive tools for accessing and using supply chain data, and it’s giving early adopters an edge.

Frontier Business found that, while great tech bases and solid workforces tend to go hand in hand, they also congregate in more expensive states, even if the cost of living is cheap, businesses will likely end up paying for it elsewhere.

With Hurricane Harvey making landfall entire warehouses full of products, as well as significant links in the global supply chain, could be affected, this raises the issue of supply chain risk once again and what role analytics has in creating managerial insights into such events.

Organizations face a radically shifting context for the workforce, the workplace, and the world of work, Deloitte's survey of more than 10,000 business and HR leaders from 140 countries reveals 10 areas for businesses to focus on to better organize, manage, develop, and align people at work.

Cummins unveiled a revolutionary new all-electric powertrain in a demonstrator truck to the media yesterday, a few weeks ahead of Tesla's planned revealing of its own electric "semi" truck.

With the big ERP vendors invading their turf, best-of-breed SCM providers are coming up with deeper, niche-oriented solutions to help shippers manage their supply chains, our analysts discuss just how far ERP can go in this sector that’s now considered the foundation of success for digital commerce.

While Electronic Data Interchange, or EDI, has made a tremendous contribution to integrating electronic communications, logistics managers looking to streamline and expedite common processes that are essential to their supply chain operations might want to check out the latest application programming interfaces, API approach.

Kuebix, developer of a cloud-based transportation management system that delivers true shipping intelligence and international freight marketplace SimpliShip have partnered to integrate the SimpliShip International Freight Rate API with Kuebix TMS.

The Carolina Connector is a gateway connecting eastern North Carolina to CSX’s expansive railway system, and in July 2016, the state of North Carolina, the Carolinas Gateway Partnership and CSX proudly announced Rocky Mount, North Carolina, as the home for a new intermodal rail terminal known as the Carolina Connector, or CCX.