Logistics Executives Look at Incremental Changes When it Comes to Technology
Technology is changing how logistics services are being provided, and also how logistics service providers themselves work. Increased use of technology also has an impact on the role the CIO or the...
View ArticleInnovation. Technology. Performance. Home Delivery World 2015
Home Delivery World is a conference held with the goal of helping retailers get their products to their consumers. A returning subject on LogisticsMatter, especially when it comes to last mile...
View ArticleLogistics in the News – Week 12
Spring is in the air! I have a sunroof in my car, and whenever the sun is out and it’s not freezing cold I have it open as far as it will go. This week was the first time this year I could do this....
View ArticleLogistics Market Snapshot – March 2015 Edition
Each month the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics publishes a Logistics Market Snapshot with key Logistics and Supply Chain figures and statistics. Included are several Multimodal, Trucking,...
View ArticleLogistics in the News – Week 13
It was a very busy week, both for me as well as for interesting logistics news. After a very relaxing weekend, with the first hours sitting out in the sun this year (Yes!), I postponed the writing of...
View Articlewhat3words: find any location on earth by remembering 3 words
I was sitting in the backyard, at blacked.award.buzzer to be precise, when I found out about what3words. what3words is a London based company, which you can find at index.home.raft, that has made it...
View ArticleLogistics Market Snapshot – April 2015 Edition
As recurring visitors may have noticed, I have been working on a new look for LogisticsMatter.com. It took me some more time then I thought it would, with the result that some posts have been in my...
View ArticleSometimes a Picture Says More Than a 1000 Words
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View ArticleThe First Ship-to Person Delivery System Has Just Been Patented. Bring It To Me!
Ship-to-Person? Yes! Ship-to Person! Ship-to Address is so last century. And amazon has just patented a drone-enabled ship-to person delivery method. I first wrote about ship-to-person replacing the...
View Article3 Groundbreaking Warehouse Designs
I love warehouses. If I see big buildings with almost no windows and loading docks my curiosity is piqued. I want to knock on the door and have a look inside and see what is going on. With most...
View ArticleLogistics Market Snapshot – May 2015 Edition
Each month the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics publishes a Logistics Market Snapshot with key Logistics and Supply Chain figures and statistics. Included are several Freight Indexes,...
View ArticleLogistics in the News – Robotics, e-Commerce Giants, and Infographics
Ok. To be perfectly honest with you, I’ve found it a bigger challenge to bring you a weekly round-up of the news, than I thought it would be when I started doing these. I know the last one was in Week...
View ArticleWhy Not Charge Your Drone Midair, or: What Boeing Just Patented
The last time I wrote about a patent, it was one by Amazon and it described what I call a Ship-to Person model. Currently all shipments go to an address, which will be an obsolete process in the...
View ArticleInnovation in Road Safety: The Samsung Safety Truck
Road Safety. An important theme for anybody in any country, but in some countries definitely more than others. Samsung has launched a safety initiative to solve one of the (literally) biggest safety...
View ArticleNew Opportunities, Technologies, Markets & Challenges Explored in Latin America
“Driving your business forward in Latin America”. “Dissecting the 3PL-Customer relationship”. “Overcoming infrastructure challenges to optimize your network”. “Unlocking the potential of e-Commerce...
View ArticleOne of the Best Looking Tank Trailers I’ve Ever Seen
I know we are still a few days away from the weekend, but I had to share it. This must be one of the best looking trailers I’ve ever seen. It’s a new tank trailer of Dutch brewery Heineken, which has...
View ArticleAlternative Ways of Package Delivery: Boats, Bikes, and Electrical Vehicles
This past weekend was the last weekend of my Summer Break. I had two great weeks with my family in the South of France and one week around my home town Rotterdam. One of the final activities of this...
View ArticleThe Best Supply Chain and Logistics Blogs on the Web
What are the best Supply Chain and Logistics blogs on the web? Freightos, a company enabling global logistics companies to connect and buy and sell freight online, has reached out to consultants, trade...
View ArticleEver wondered what happens to your bag after you check it at the airport?
The internal logistics operation of an airport is very complex. If you travel regularly you know how annoying it is if you have to wait for your luggage, or even worse: if your luggage got lost! Have...
View ArticleThe Uberization of Logistics Continues: e-Commerce Deliveries
In January I wrote about the first steps of Uber in the Logistics arena with its launch of UberCARGO in Hong Kong. According to a recent article on re/code Uber will launch a new service this fall, for...
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