Markets News - 04.2018

Investment in Amazon Logistics will grow, as outsourcing goes on... for now

Amazon plans to retain its current mix of outsourced and in-house logistics operations – for now. But it will continue to invest in its own transport capabilities, to cater for growth.

Global connected logistics market expected to reach $27m by 2023

Date 27.04.18 Section Markets News

The global Connected Logistics market was valued at $16,774 million (USD) in 2016, and is projected to reach at $ 27,722 million (USD) by 2023, growing at a CAGR of 7.60% from 2017 to 2023.

Alibaba’s logistics arm shows off self-developed driver-less van

Date 19.04.18 Section Markets News

A Cainiao employee revealed that Zhang Chunhui, former president at Alibaba’s YunOS, was recently appointed to head Cainiao ET lab

'Hey Alexa, where's my delivery?' voice tracking unveiled

Date 18.04.18 Section Markets News

The voice-enabled technology, available next month, is part of a digital renaissance underway in the old-school trucking industry

Turning blockchain into a real supply chain advantage

Date 15.04.18 Section Markets News

The technology is gaining considerable interest due to it offering a secure, immutable and tamper-proof distributed ledger.

Logistics industry considers how to recruit youth, veteran, millennial workers

Date 06.04.18 Section Markets News

Georgia’s Atlanta logistics and warehousing industry is poised for growth, but in order to expand, it has to attract a steady stream of new workers — both to replace a baby boom generation on the verge of retirement and to fill new kinds of jobs, “Bizjournals” reports.

Amazon to 'export' logistics successes made in India

Date 06.04.18 Section Markets News

India has largely been an ‘importer’ of global best practices. It is now set to ‘export’ a couple of cool business tricks that Amazon has perfected locally. Both India-first successful initiatives the Seattle behemoth is shipping overseas are in the logistics domain.

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