At Manhattan Associates’ Momentum conference, a Google Cloud executive gave an overview of generative AI’s explosive growth in supply chains.
Outlining the next phase of its development, Wing revealed its new approach to fully autonomous urban drone delivery networks.
Over the next few weeks, Google will add the ability to track packages directly from your inbox.
Data centers and electric charging infrastructure share an insatiable demand for power. Neha Palmer understands both.
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Wing has made more than 250,000 global drone deliveries, but the company remains in the early stages of its evolution.
Google Cloud leverages IT prowess to help businesses improve supply chains, executive says.
XPO Logistics is the latest logistics company to partner with Google Cloud, which is quickly gaining traction in the supply chain world.
Eric Fullerton of project44 wants to start unifying recent acquisitions to help customers weather the next freight storm.
2 new offerings are geared toward last-mile delivery
Google builds on its mobility solutions offering with the launch of two products, Last Mile Fleet Solution and Cloud Fleet Routing API.
While efforts to rein in Amazon, Google and other Big Tech companies continue, some believe the effort could result in these companies pulling the plug on small business e-commerce sellers.
The California-based robo-delivery company has reportedly reached a valuation of more than $8.5 billion.
FedEx Express has completed the first drone delivery as part of a monthlong test in Ireland, moving a package from Shannon Airport to Foynes Port in under 13 minutes and cutting nearly 40 minutes from a vehicle delivery route.
Engineers and designers of the Wing delivery drone share insights into the aircraft’s development and the overall mission for the company in a new video.
“The Supply Chain Twin enables customers to gain deeper insights into their operations, helping them optimize supply chain functions — from sourcing and planning to distribution and logistics.”
DHL’s delivery drone had been in the works since 2013, but it’s been scrapped.
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Amazon warns that third-party sellers and customers would be harmed if the company were forced to divest its logistics operations.
The Federal Communications Commission is sued over a decision that could affect progress in truck platooning communications.
J.B. Hunt’s 360 digital freight-matching platform will play a core role in helping the company and its customers thrive in a historically challenging environment, Simpson says.
Wing, which has been testing drone delivery in Virginia, has requested an exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration guidelines that would allow it to operate drones remotely rather than from a central command station.
Waymo is leveraging software lessons from its autonomous ride-hailing pilots to Class 8 trucks, applying fifth-generation software that debuted on a Jaguar.
Perks, not just higher wages, may be the price for retaining qualified and high-demand warehouse labor.
It appears Google and J.B. Hunt envision that their joint effort will become an innovation platform to support the J.B. Hunt 360 marketplace.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, Werner expects the winter weather to impact Q1 earnings. Plus, J.B. Hunt and Google are teaming up for product development, and Walmart will invest billions of dollars in e-commerce.
Despite a last-minute pardon by former President Donald Trump in his criminal case, tech pioneer Anthony Levandowski’s legal woes continue after he was forced to file for bankruptcy protection on the same day he was ordered to pay Google $179 million in a contract dispute last year. Uber is now taking issue with the proposed […]
Combining Hunt’s data and Google’s tools will yield differentiated service offerings.
2020 brought disruption and volatility. But dealers, against all odds, actually performed much better than expected.
ABEJA has developed proprietary tools to ensure that its AI Consulting engagements do not metastasize into endless ordeals.
The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, Hurricane Laura has left quite an impact in Louisiana. Plus, Convoy and UPS name new presidents, and drivers beware: Another inspection blitz is coming. No fuel, no place to rest Truck stops in and around areas where […]
Google, Ware2Go to provide free deliveries for end users clicking on Google merchant ads.
Former Uber executive Anthony Levandowski was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty in March to one count of stealing Google trade secrets.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, prosecutors are recommending jail for former Uber executive Anthony Levandowski, and how much did Amazon spend on logistics in the second quarter?
Federal prosecutors have recommended a 27-month prison sentence for Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Uber’s self-driving division, as well as three years of supervised release.
AAL Shipping, an operator of “mega-size” project cargo ships, expects rebound for smaller U.S. import and export project cargoes in 2021, if COVID-19 pandemic subsides later this year.
Anthony Levandowski still faces criminal charges after federal prosecutors allege he stole secrets about Google’s self-driving arm.
Waymo is now testing self-driving trucks on highways in Texas and New Mexico, plus Rhode Island budgets shortfall in truck toll revenue and House committee chairman tries to restart infrastructure talks.
Walmart seeks to bolster its online grocery business through autonomous home delivery.
R&D investment delivers top-5 status among FreightTech 25.
FedEx Express [NYSE: FDX] on Friday used an unmanned aerial vehicle instead of a truck for last-mile residential deliveries on behalf of pharmacy retailer Walgreens. The Oct. 18 deliveries were made by Wing, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, in Christianburg, Virginia, under a pilot program authorized by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). […]
First-of-its-kind FAA approval allows company to expand beyond medical deliveries.
Agency envisions using trucks as launch point for last-mile customers.
Anthony Levandowski, a star engineer at Google and Uber, is charged with 33 counts of theft and attempted theft in a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday, August 27.
Drones may be one of the key answers to last-mile delivery. Read about how drones are being used around the world.
Promises package deliveries up to 5 lbs. within 30 minutes.
A hard departure from the European Union will hit availability of fresh foods and increase costs as British supply chains contend with port delays and backlogs, industry group says.
Drones could someday deliver thousands of packages a day, but who will monitor all this air traffic?
Final-mile providers face surging headaches to go with surging demand for large-format shipments
Request follows FAA approval for Google drones in Virginia.
A few years ago the idea of using drones for last-mile delivery were just an idea. But the idea is becoming a reality in China, Indonesia and now the USA. Read Market Expert Cathy Roberson’s views on the use of drones for last-mile delivery.
Feds have exempted Wing Aviation from a block of regulations clearing way for an operating permit.
Truck electrification is ramping up quickly, but a number of challenges remain that must be solved before they see widespread adoption.
The nation’s top electricity regulator gives exclusive insight into how the infrastructure behind electric trucks could fuel the coming transportation transformation.
TechCrunch reports that SoftBank, a Japanese multinational holding group, has led a $940 million investment in autonomous delivery startup Nuro.
How close are human drivers to interacting with autonomous vehicles on the roads? That is the answer a panel at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit tried to solve on Wednesday.
Using the power of the crowds to create a successful mapping tool.
Google Search becomes part of XPO’s last-mile tracking portfolio.
Uber shut down its self-driving truck platform last week but promised in an exclusive interview with FreightWaves that Uber Freight was not going anywhere. Today, the company has not only confirmed that promise, but it has doubled down on the future of Uber Freight.
Google invests $550 million in JD.com, the e-commerce major from China, marking its advent into the logistics world.
Donald Broughton says that the oil boom and Trump tax cuts are driving a young industrial expansion cycle; shippers continue to adjust supply chains to minimize transport costs; Google invests $550M in Chinese e-commerce site JD.com; China may put a tariff on US oil imports; Brazil’s trucker strike shattered economic growth outlooks; Asia-North America container rates are softening.
Irrespective of who wins the race to deploy the first fully autonomous vehicles, the unanimous view was that in the future, size is going to matter and carriers/OEMs will need balance sheets to be able to survive.
The demand for last-mile services has increased by 50% in the last 18 months, driven primarily by the B2C companies.
Waymo announced late on Friday that its self-driving trucks will begin delivering goods for Google’s logistics operation in Atlanta.
Smart cities plan to roll out the latest in transportation technology to help keep their towns clean and safe.
Rolls-Royce envisions a future of autonomous cargo and naval vessels controlled from futuristic shore facilities. Click through to watch their sci-fi style film about how a Finnish shore control center responds to losing contact with one of its ships.
One of 2017’s biggest stories in the emerging autonomous vehicles industry—Waymo’s $2.6B lawsuit against Uber over stolen trade secrets—revolves around a single piece of technology that is currently fueling a frenzied global competition for investment dollars, engineering expertise, and manufacturing capacity.
In an effort to ramp up its customer experience for the mobile shopper, Walmart has confirmed its relationship with search engine giant Google, Bloomberg reported, to allow customers to order goods with their voice. The company is also making it easier for consumers to return goods bought through its mobile app.
The first unofficial pictures of Waymo’s self-driving truck have emerged, creating a stir among the companies racing to become the first to make a production autonomous truck available.
Walmart is testing a program where store associates will deliver online purchases, which could have a major impact on package delivery companies. Also, Waymo is testing a self-driving truck and monthly freight index climbs.
