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Uber may never be profitable … admits Uber
Jun 6, 2019
Private ride-hailing giant Uber has warned that it may never be profitable. First published on www.ITSInternational.com
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Microsoft predicts ‘pay as you-go’ solution to congestion
May 23, 2019
Congestion pricing is the solution to inner city traffic gridlock, according to Microsoft’s chief economist, Michael Schwarz. First published on www.ITSInternational.com
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Study finds that autonomous vehicles could contribute $591 billion to global GDP and transform creaking city mobility
May 21, 2019
Huge costs resulting from congestion, improved vehicle usage, lower emissions and less injuries could be mitigated by autonomous vehicles according to Frost & Sullivan report
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Singapore, London and San Francisco lead in global study of smart mobility
May 20, 2019
Europe is also the leading region in terms of number of cities with strong plans to deal with mobility challenges in Frost and Sullivan ranking of 100 major cities
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How will supply chains be affected by China’s Belt and Road projects?
May 14, 2019
Controversial centre piece of Xi Jinping’s foreign policy has spent billions with plenty more in the pipeline, but what are those projects?
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Toyota and Kenworth launch first of 10 zero-emission fuel cell trucks for LA ports
May 9, 2019
Toyota and Kenworth's jointly developed fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks (FCET) will start full drayage operations at the Port of Los Angeles later this year
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50,000 warehouses to use robots by 2025
Apr 9, 2019
By 2025, over 4 million commercial robots will be installed in over 50,000 warehouses, up from just under 4,000 robotic warehouses in 2018, according to ABI Research
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Report finds repair costs rising for industry
Apr 8, 2019
Repair costs are rising above inflation and benchmarking study also finds miles between roadside repairs unchanged with room for improvement
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Could 2019 be the year of the blockchain in logistics?
Mar 25, 2019
Blockchain is most mentioned trend to watch in 2019 finds new report
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Time to turn around inventory falls by two days says new report
Mar 20, 2019
The median number of days for a return to be added back into an inventory for resale has decreased from seven days to five, marking out a focus on speed in the retail supply chain
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Rising costs to challenge supply chain in 2019
Mar 19, 2019
Huge e-commerce growth, low availability of labour and rising international shipping costs are putting upward pressure on operators across the supply chain finds a new report
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Automation in the supply chain to get major boost in 2019
Mar 18, 2019
Warehouse automation and sensor technologies key focuses for investment heading into 2019
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Customer experience increasingly recognised as vital to supply chain operations
Mar 13, 2019
More retailers than ever say that customer experience metrics are critical to their supply chain operations
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Free infographic: State of Retail Supply Chain 2019
Mar 12, 2019
We have developed this infographic in the lead up to the 4th Annual D3 Retail Supply Chain Summit 2019 (May 6-8, Marriot Brooklyn, New York)
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E-commerce sales continue to explode
Mar 11, 2019
E-commerce is forecast to increase from 25% of sales in 2018 to 40% of sales in 2023 but the physical store is suffering as a result says new report and survey
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Supply chain expects weak global growth in 2019
Mar 6, 2019
Over a quarter of supply chain professionals surveyed for new report believe that there will be a recession in 2019
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Cost of cross-border shipping overwhelmingly expected to rise
Mar 4, 2019
82% of logistics service providers expect the cost of moving goods across borders to rise in 2019
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Download the Supply Chain Hot Trends 2019 Report
Feb 28, 2019
This report gathers together the top trends across the industry from the opinions of more than 750 industry thought leaders and is free to download now
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US commuters want more mobile solutions to ease transportation
Feb 28, 2019
Ridership on mass-transit is rising but commuters want to pay and hold tickets on mobile devices
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85% of US retailers haven’t completed supply chain digitisation
Feb 27, 2019
According to new research released from Gravity Supply Chain Solutions, 85% of US retailers haven’t fully digitised their supply chain
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78% of retail C-suite do not have real time view of inventory across channels
Feb 21, 2019
Survey finds huge gaps in capabilities, with retail executives turning to investments in agility, intelligence and automation to transform their supply chains
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Cracking the code: New study reveals what online shoppers value most
Feb 18, 2019
Data shows that consumers increasingly value savings over speed, ease of returns
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Global electric vehicle demand drives scramble for fresh supplies of vital metals
Feb 11, 2019
With global electric vehicle (EV) demand growth creating the potential for tight supplies in battery metals such as cobalt, multinational companies and industrialized nations are working to secure these critical metals as prices are projected to rise.
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Retailers must 'go the extra mile' to overcome inefficient and unprofitable delivery models
Feb 4, 2019
97% of organizations believe that current last-mile delivery models are not sustainable for full scale implementation across all locations and only 1% of customers are willing to cover the full cost of delivery