With tasks such as picking, sorting, loading and unloading packages being automated more and more with the help of intelligent robots, the future of warehouse logistics could bring a lot more automation and a lot fewer humans. Experts say the key to the supply chain warehouses and fulfillment centers of tomorrow could be an emerging…
Jennifer Rumsey, who became CEO of engine maker and technology provider Cummins Inc. a year ago, also will chair the company following the retirement of her mentor and vocal fan, Tom Linebarger. The mutual admiration between the two played out again Wednesday with the announcement that Rumsey would succeed Linebarger Aug. 1 as chair of…
Ryder System Inc. on Wednesday officially rolled out a retail mobile maintenance service through which technicians will provide routine, scheduled and federally mandated vehicle maintenance at a customer’s site. The service, called Torque by Ryder, is available in seven states in the South and Southeast, with Miami and Orlando, Florida, the most recent locations to…
In a freight market where the seemingly permanent prevailing question is, “Are we at the bottom, and if not, when is the bottom?,” Cass Freight Index data continued to report weak numbers but with some suggestion that a bottom may be near. The headline on this month’s report is “Bouncing Along the Bottom.” “The volume…
The Digital LTL Council, a division of the National Motor Freight Traffic Association Inc. (NMFTA), said Wednesday that it is developing an end-to-end application programming interface road map to cover the full shipment data stream from freight “quote to cash.” When complete, the APIs will enable shippers, carriers and 3PLs to digitally transact every function…