Automation

Innovative mobility solutions are about giving people back their most precious commodity – time, says Chris Thomas, president and cofounder of Detroit Mobility Lab.   Thomas and cofounder Jessica Robinson are determined to make Detroit a leading mobility center – as soon as first quarter 2020....

ZF is marching full bore into electrification and e-mobility, and its proposed $7 billion acquisition of Wabco, which it hopes will be finalized in 2020, will further advance that mission, Dan Williams, director of ADAS and autonomy, told assembled press members during the company's media briefing...

The business fundamentals of freight brokerage – using an operations call center to find trucks to move freight – have not changed in the past 10 years. Volume per broker per day, gross margins and net revenue per load are still the metrics by which brokerage executives measure performance....

Automation tends to make some people nervous. Ever since the invention of the steam engine, common carriage has since been expected to become ever faster, more reliable, and offer larger carrying capacity. Couple this with cheaper and faster access to information. That, too, makes some people...

An economist and commissioner at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) want you to know: Automation isn't going isn't going to eliminate nearly as many truck driving jobs as people fear. In a study published in the Harvard Business review, Maury Gittleman, the BLS economist, and Kristen Monaco...

After nearly five years of development and testing, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said it is about ready to start receiving electronic data related to live plants and animal products from importers and customs brokers. Nicole Russo,...

Many may not be familiar with robotic process automation (RPA), but if you run a business, you soon will be. RPA is a software system design that emulates the actions of a human interacting with a digital system to execute a business process – basically, it's business automation.   The key is that...

Digital freight brokerage LoadSmart and self-driving startup Starsky Robotics announced on August 8 that they have successfully priced, booked and delivered two loads of freight without human intervention.  The pilot project is part of a "larger strategic partnership that paves the way for the...

The ability of marine terminals to move ocean containers quickly is becoming a selling point for shippers frustrated with long delays seen at U.S. ports during the second half of 2018. And one of the fastest terminals on the U.S. West Coast says it is ready for the upcoming peak season. TraPac's...

Over the last decade, the proliferation of digital applications and platforms into the freight industry has seen steady growth, thanks in part to the conscious push by companies towards embracing technologies that drive efficiency and reduce costs. The rise of e-commerce has ended up putting last-...

Within the supply chain ecosystem, stakeholders seek to improve their profit margins by channeling efficiency into operations. For logistics businesses, efficiency is a never-ending quest – a trait essential to keeping their customers happy, and their market share steady. Locus, an Indian...

project44, the advanced logistics visibility platform, announced two new applications –the Visibility Operations Center (VOC) and the Network Management Center (NMC) –at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona. Both applications are part of the company's push towards...

Shares of iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT) were rising sharply Wednesday morning after the Roomba maker's second-quarter print was released after the close Tuesday.  What Happened The company reported Q2 earnings per share of 37 cents compared to 27 cents per share last...