Awards shortlist revealed
A record 88 entries have been shortlisted for the 21st Supply Chain Excellence Awards.
A record 88 entries have been shortlisted for the 21st Supply Chain Excellence Awards.
The market for autonomous trucks will be worth $26 billion within ten years, a report by Visiongain predicts.
Food and grocery companies are looking to the Internet of Things to improve their understanding of customers at the same time as reducing supply chain costs, research by the IGD suggests.
3D Repo, which specialises in virtual reality modelling, is to create 3D Virtual Reality visualisations to help simulate driverless vehicle routes as part of a £100 million government-backed research project.
DHL is revamping its logistics service for the semiconductor industry by bundling individual solutions under DHL Semiconductor Logistics.
Kuehne + Nagel has won a five-year contract in the UK with aerospace, defence and security company Leonardo.
UK Mail, bought by DHL last December, has chosen Beumer Group to expand its automated parcel sorting system at its national UK hub near Coventry.
A new report by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has found that technology will drive next generation supply chains that are “digital, on-demand and always-on”.
Ford has unveiled “Autolivery” – a self-driving van concept that would work in tandem with drones to pick up and collect goods and packages in urban areas.
UPS has tested an autonomous residential drone delivery; launched from one of its package vehicles.