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HICX Teams With Aveiroe Europe for Supplier Assurance Service

HICX, a vendor of supplier-management applications, has joined with Aveiroe Europe, a professional services firm specializing in recovery audits, to provide an end-to-end supplier-assurance service.

GS1 Approves New Standard for Retail Product Identification

GS1 has collaborated with retail industry leaders on development and approval of the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) Management Standard.

ASF Intermodal Opens New Drayage Terminal in Baltimore

ASF Intermodal has opened an intermodal drayage terminal in Baltimore, its first in Maryland and 14th overall.

Outsourcing Reality Check: How to Maximize ROI

The unprecedented transformation of consumer demand is driving cost and complexity into the supply chain. Keeping up in today's fast-paced business environment is forcing mid-market companies to analyze and implement responsive supply chain strategies that meet market expectations while driving greater profitability to the business. Despite reshoring and in-house efforts, outsourcing remains a reality for many supply chains.

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uShip Partners With DB Schenker for Online Trucking Platform

uShip, an online shipping marketplace and freight-automation software vendor, is partnering with logistics services provider DB Schenker to launch an online trucking platform later this year.

Panasonic Upgrades Toughbook 54 Semi-Rugged Laptop

Panasonic has upgraded its Toughbook 54 mobile computer. The device now contains a faster Intel Core i5-6300U vPro professor.

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Thoma Bravo Wraps Up Acquisition of Elemica

Thoma Bravo LLC, a private equity investment firm, has completed its acquisition of Elemica, provider of a supply-chain operating network for the process industries.

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Demand for E-commerce Fulfillment Center Space Outstrips Supply

Continuing growth in e-commerce is fueling a tight market for distribution and fulfillment centers space, either leased, purchased or through a partner, as companies look to expand their networks to meet growing consumer demand for rapid parcel delivery.

Airfreight Industry Continues to Record Dismal Figures

Echoing the mid-year reports from several other aviation groups, Airports Council International (ACI) said air cargo tonnage was flat for the first five months of 2016, rising just 0.6 percent in May, year-over-year, and 0.2 percent, y-o-y, over the period of January to May 2015. Passenger traffic, however, was a different story, increasing by 4.6 percent, y-o-y in May.

In E-Commerce, Who Pays for 'Free' Shipping?

In the world of e-commerce, "free" shipping isn't really free. The question is, who pays for it?

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Trans-Pacific Trade May See 18,000-TEU Vessels One Day

Big 18,000-TEU vessels may be coming to U.S. ports after all.

A New Plan for Fixing the U.S. Transportation System

What stands in the way of a solution to the nation's crumbling, outdated and inadequate transportation infrastructure?

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