Logistics software company, Syntra, has announced a deal to provide DHL with its Global Logistics System software. The deal will enable DHL to calculate quickly the total cost for any delivery to any place in the world.
But the economics of shipping, say, 150 cameras, pre-sold and pre-paid to one point seem very appealing. All the rest of the logistics could have been handled by third party distributors who would only be charged when there was something to...
Back after a break Peter Cochrane talks trucks, chips and logistics. So logistics looks like the last frontier with little or no change (beyond containerisation) in the basic processes for hundreds of years.
IBM and Maersk Logistics are taking the concept of RFID tags to the world's ocean shipping lanes and ports. The two companies on Tuesday detailed an initiative to equip large shipping containers with wireless tracking devices, which they call...
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