Geodis

Geodi of France has tabbed Laura Ritchey to succeed Mike Honious as president and chief executive officer of its Americas region. 

Geodis, the global logistics and supply chain specialist, has modules to streamline retail returns. 

This week in Borderlands Mexico: Supply chain firms invest in new cross-border facilities; Japanese industrial supplier investing $5M in Mexico expansion; and Benchmark Electronics opens manufacturing facility in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Geodis Logistics is closing a distribution center in New Jersey and DHL is eliminating 8,000 jobs in Germany.

Freight-related companies in California, Georgia, Illinois, New York and Texas are laying off a total of 1,234 employees.

Geodis is now offering U.S.-based e-commerce companies air zone skipping service to Canada.

Locus’ autonomous mobile robots work collaboratively with humans to improve piece-handling productivity.

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Geodis is acquiring Need It Now Delivers, adding 300 locations to its U.S. e-commerce network.

Global logistics giants Geodis and Ceva plan to lay off 450 workers in the Columbus, Ohio area by Sept. 30.

GEODIS’ Rene Bach-Larsen shares how the global logistics provider plans to respond to market challenges.

Renting a plane to move cargo is expensive but necessary in these days of supply chain turmoil.

Amid global shipping congestion, GEODIS urges importers not to overlook their customs responsibilities.

The company said it will make many job offers within 30 minutes of receiving an application.

3PL GEODIS is opening four facilities dedicated to e-commerce logistics.

IRIS provides value across your supply chain and is the 24/7 all-in-one information online freight management application

Geodis and Knapp are looking to debut a highly automated fulfilment system by August 2022.

IRIS is GEODIS’ eye-in-the-sky ocean and air shipments visibility platform for booking and managing exports in real time.

The acquisition modestly bumps Geodis’ brokerage revenue.

Geodis’ Jeff McDermott joined FreightWaves to talk about challenges that parcel carriers are facing and lessons learned from the pandemic.

Paul Brady succeeds company founder Mitch Weseley.

The GEODIS Women’s Network “is also intended to improve the reputation of the logistics and transport industry, a field traditionally dominated by men.”

European 3PL says integration with e-commerce marketplaces strengthens activity with American online retailers and shoppers.

The 3PL will add up to 8,000 employees to handle the seasonal increase in e-commerce shipments on top of its ongoing effort to raise its profile in the American market.

Good luck finding an available aircraft to haul your goods at a reasonable price for the next three months. Competition for airlift is fierce these days. Find out why.

Tom Williams has led companies through initial public offerings and acquisitions.

3PL’s MyParcel provides European e-commerce customers a scheduled, yet competitively priced shipping service between existing express and postal.

Prologis Community Workforce Initiative announces plan to prepare 25,000 workers for a career in the logistics industry by 2025.

LaQuenta Jacobs promoted to provide cultural leadership and strategic direction.

Russian airline Volga-Dnepr, whose planes are commonly associated with transporting heavy equipment, spent the past three months ferrying tons of medical supplies from China to France to combat COVID-19.

The demand for coronavirus medical supplies is so great that passenger aircraft are being repurposed for cargo service, logistics companies are chartering those airplanes and full freighters, and governments are setting up air pipelines with logistics partners.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Ford’s new electric Mustang will be built in Mexico; Japanese plastic manufacturer investing $65 million in Mexico plant; GEODIS Logistics launches direct air cargo service from Hong Kong to Mexico; Rose Brophy is named interim director […]

Gilbert becomes first president of fast-growing unit.

Upply is looking to pioneer a more efficient and transparent supply chain market that could effectively help industry stakeholders unleash their full potential.