Cargo Theft Is Most Often An Inside Job
Criminal organizations recruit company employees to gain data, cargo information, delivery routes, insurance company says. A report on global cargo theft released Monday finds that the commodity most commonly stolen is food and beverage, and says the greatest threat comes from criminal organizations that recruit companies’ own employees to share data on shipments and routes.
ParceLive Protects Shipping Companies From Theft Across The Entire Supply Chain
It would be a great opening scene for the latest summer blockbuster, if, of course, it were not playing out every day on the highways and byways of Europe, the Middle East, and Asia (EMEA). Imagine: your driver dispatch call-center operator receives a call late Friday afternoon from your transport planner who has a little-known […]
Make An Example Of Hanhaa’s ParceLive – How else Can It Be Used?
Hanhaa wants to hear your ideas for how the ParceLive tracker could be used in creative ways, and if you can show it, you’ll be sent the hardware to trial your use-cases, demonstrating how it’s been used for free!
ParceLive Now Available With Profiling Feature
As of today, all ParceLive users are now able to create profiles where they can configure sensor settings based on their own needs for specific goods and shipments. Profiles are a set of parameters applied to a journey to govern the behaviour of a specific set of parameters returned by a device. As each […]
Self-Driving Trucks Carrying Mail in U.S.
Starting from the 21st May, letters and packages moving between Phoenix and Dallas will travel on customized trucks run by TuSimple, an autonomous start-up based in San Diego. There will be five round trips between the two cites, with the first haul leaving from Phoenix this morning. It’s the first time that the Postal Service has contracted with an autonomous […]
DHL Launches New Drone Delivery Route In China
On May 16th, DHL became the first logistics provider to launch an autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) drone delivery service in China. DHL debuted a five-mile drone delivery route for a customer based in Guangzhou. The trip, which previously took 40 minutes one-way by car or truck, now takes eight minutes. DHL is partnering with Chinese […]
Gartner Announces Rankings Of The 2019 Supply Chain Top 25
Gartner, Inc. has released the results of its annual Supply Chain Top 25, identifying supply chain leaders and highlighting their best practices. The ranking consists of an impressive group of leaders, including two new entrants, one from retail and one from the chemical sectors. Mike Griswold, vice president, analyst at Gartner CONTACT US
Avnet’s Nicole Enright Named Among Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology
Nicole Enright of global technology solutions company Avnet has been named in the National Diversity Council’s 2019 list of 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology. As senior vice president of business transformation for Avnet, Enright led the company’s most innovative programs, as well as the global project and program management office, to create a corporate […]
Autonomous Delivery Robot From FedEx
FedEx have recently unveiled their SameDay bot with the aim to make “last mile” deliveries more efficient. The SameDay Bot is powered by battery, has a top speed of 10 mph and is also autonomous allowing it to navigate itself around objects and people. At some point in the future, FedEx wants to expand this […]
EU Proposes Tariffs On $20B Of US Imports
The European Union on Wednesday released a preliminary list of U.S. imports to be considered for tariffs. The list includes products such as seafood, fresh and dried produce, nuts, alcohol, chemicals, adhesives, suitcases, handbags and tractors, representing a total of $20 billion of U.S. exports to the EU. The EU’s list follows a proposal last week from […]