The supply chain resilience revolution just arrived 

In the late hours of April 14, Tomorrow.io made history. The weather intelligence and climate adaptation company launched its inaugural proprietary weather radar satellite, Tomorrow-R1, rocketing from Vanderberg Air Force Base, above the California coast and into Earth’s orbit. In doing so, it laid the foundation for groundbreaking advancement in global weather forecasting, underpinned by…

O’Hare airport cargo terminal opens without taxiway for aircraft

The third and final phase of a large air cargo development at Chicago O’Hare International Airport is completed, but freighter aircraft cannot yet reach the large transfer facility because the city’s Department of Aviation hasn’t completed a taxiway connection. Ground handling company Worldwide Flight Services has moved in and is already processing cargo at the…

Bringing manufacturing back to America

This story originally appeared in FreightWaves’ Supply Chain Playbook. Read more from the magazine here. By Rosemary Coates Supply chains are headline news. It seems that every delay, shortage or inventory inconsistency is now blamed on their difficulties. Many companies suffered from shortages of supplies coming from overseas during the pandemic, mostly due to Chinese…

Regulators OK Postal Service’s Ground Advantage product

The U.S. Postal Service said Monday that it received approval from the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of the Postal Service’s plan to launch its Ground Advantage product on July 9. The U.S. Postal Service earlier this year proposed to merge three ground delivery products into a new brand known as USPS Ground Advantage, which will…