To summarize a long month of logistics news and events released in the month of March, Georgia Logistics compiled a set of facts and figures for an easy and quick read. GL broke it down into general U.S. economic conditions, trucking, air freight, ocean freight, warehousing and distribution, rail, and multimodal. Here are a few […]

In a recent survey of British retailers conducted by Barclay’s, nearly half responded that the United States’ retail market is the most difficult to crack. Though he U.S. continues to be the highest sought after market in the survey, respondents are surprised by its difficulty despite the internet making for simpler marketing and the U.S. […]

Amazon is the obvious winner when it comes to cloud computing, but Rackspace has an unexpected secret weapon in the works. OpenSpace, Rackspace’s open-source cloud computing platform is getting incredible support from huge clients, such as IBM, HP, Dell and Intel, to assist with Rackspace’s race against Amazon.

In last couple of decades, the Chief Information Officer has had to undergo drastic changes. With constantly updating technology and turbulent global market, today’s CIOs are expected to develop new strategies to stay above the competition.

Though negotiations between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and United Parcel Service (UPS) started 10 months early, the expiration of the collection bargaining agreement between the two is still far off.  Their original objective of reaching a tentative agreement by the end of March is highly unlikely.

On March 20, SAP announced the release of Visual Intelligence software for personal use. It is one of the fastest ways to get information from a spreadsheet. Designed for ease of use, SAP Visual Intelligence reveals data quickly, while also giving a visualization of what it is presenting. Unlike other software systems, this version does […]

According to a recent survey, U.S. CEOs are not particularly optimistic about growth in the coming year, but do feel more confident about growth in the future. In PwC’s 16th Annual Global CEO Survey of 167 U.S. CEOs, 81% responded that they had applied cost-cutting measures in 2012, and for the current year, 71% replied […]

A global survey recently jointly conducted by J.P. Morgan and the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) was the first ever to reach out to system integrators. They asked nearly 1,800 professionals in the automation and control industry about their feelings about the current year and predictions for their business operations. The survey discovered that businesses […]

Costs for shipping perishable products can really add up when you take into consideration its shelf life. When moving perishables domestically, the products must be inspected and released for delivery, in addition to each state having its own agricultural protocols. Shipping internationally imported perishables has many other issues including being cleared by 3 U.S. agencies. […]