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As electric vehicles become more integrated into the nation's transportation system, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has flagged three areas that need coordinated action.
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An enterprise business survey shows that operational workers are driving real-world AI implementation and delivering tangible, commercial value, but their bosses in the C-suite are lagging behind, according to “industrial AI” software vendor IFS.
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Autonomous factory creator Foundry Robotics has raised $100 million of venture capital to expand its 130,000-square-foot facility in Emeryville, near San Francisco, adding fast, flexible domestic assembly capacity for defense and industrial hardware.
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A market that just five years ago was dominated by the Big Three is rapidly fragmenting into a mix of new and traditional competitors—and raising the stakes for shippers and their parcel strategies.
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As head of Schneider Electric’s worldwide supply chain, Stuart Whiting is working to transform the company’s delivery operations—and do it all in the midst of ongoing geopolitical disruption.
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North American companies ordered 10,989 robots valued at $723.5 million in the third quarter of 2026, according to new data released by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). dcvelocity.com/material-hand…
U.S. shippers continue to pay more to move freight even as shipment volumes remain largely unchanged, according to the latest U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index. dcvelocity.com/transportatio…
While Black Friday traditionally marks the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, that pattern may change in 2026 as consumers are planning to make their biggest holiday shopping push a little later, according to research from Bank of America. dcvelocity.com/finance-strat…
In our continuing series of discussions with top supply-chain company executives, Brian Donnelly discusses the best deployments for warehouse robots, the areas most ripe for robotic innovation, and how to get the biggest return from automation investments.
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Corporate commitment to sustainability has reached a record high, but oversight is lagging and external disruptions are keeping companies from delivering transformational results. dcvelocity.com/editorial/fea…
Georgia Ports Authority leaders this week opened its $134 million Gainesville Inland Port, saying the new terminal will allow customers to choose rail for greater affordability and heavier loads, or choose truck-only for faster transit. dcvelocity.com/transportatio…
Nearly half of Americans who use artificial intelligence to help them shop have later returned the AI-recommended item, a survey from supply chain software firm Blue Yonder has found. dcvelocity.com/supply-chain/…
Industries with significant fuel, freight, and industrial-energy requirements experienced the clearest pressure on profitability following tariff actions in 2025, even when their sales trends remained resilient. dcvelocity.com/finance-strat…
Third-party logistics (3PL) providers are keeping a close eye on the results of next week’s mid-term elections, according to an analysis from market research firm Armstrong & Associates. dcvelocity.com/logistics/thi…
Rebecca Brewster of the American Transportation Research Institute speaks with Senior Editor Victoria Kickham about rising trucking costs, workforce changes, liability, legal issues, driver training and recruitment, and more. dcvelocity.com/podcasts
Material handling equipment provider Jungheinrich has entered into a strategic partnership with intralogistics specialist Automha, saying the two companies have developed a two-way pallet shuttle for high-density pallet storage. dcvelocity.com/material-hand…
Contract logistics provider GXO will deploy humanoid robots from Agility at distribution centers it operates in North Carolina and Tennessee, expanding on a 2024 partnership. dcvelocity.com/material-hand…
More than half of holiday shoppers (56%) say the state of the economy will affect their holiday spending plans this year, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF)’s annual consumer survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics. dcvelocity.com/tech-infrastr…
Diesel prices have been rising so fast that freight carriers need to update their fuel surcharge rates weekly instead of monthly, or else risk squeezing their profit margins , according to TMS software provider Magnus Technologies.
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Enterprises are adopting artificial intelligence much faster than they are redesigning operations to realize AI’s full business value, according to an Everest Group research report released by Lean Solutions Group. dcvelocity.com/technology/ar…
