 I have decided to try something new on LogisticsMatter. The concept itself is not new, it's new on this blog. 🙂 Every workday between 14h00 and about 18h00 CET a selection of the best Logistics and Supply Chain news and background stories is tweeted through...
Friday last week I received a really nice tweet from the people at Quintiq, which said that @LogisticsMatter was on a Top 12 list of Logistics Influencers on Twitter, which they had just published. So cool. It's always great if you are recognized for what you are...
The Dutch have always been at the forefront of logistics. (And yes, I am Dutch. Bear with me... ) In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Dutch sailed worldwide, discovered new land, and were master traders. There's something about water and the Dutch. It's a...
The Dutch City of Delft is a beautiful city. And I am not saying that because I am Dutch, or because it is so close to Rotterdam, where I live myself. Just take a stroll through Delft using Google Streetview if you don't believe me. Delft has a historic center with...
"For years, logistics companies have faced commoditization. The industry is finally in a place where real innovation is being implemented, but more importantly demanded by the customers." These are the words of eft CEO Chris Saynor, and they reflect what I saw and...
Let's face it. It's just a matter of time before the first commercial drone deliveries will be done, fully approved and licensed. The question is just when and where. Which country will be first? I'm sure we will see that this year. There have been some serious and...
Uber is moving into the logistics arena with the launch of UberCARGO in Hong Kong. The service works similar to UberPop. Something (optionally accompanied by someone) needs to be transported from point A to point B by somebody. Yes. It is the same as UberPOP, but with...
Yesterday two heavily armed terrorists walked into the office of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and opened fire. At least 12 people were killed, among who were 8 journalists. And why? Because they wanted to retaliate for satirical cartoons that...
It's been another great year for LogisticsMatter. I've been invited to and visited several great events, presentations, and companies, and wished I didn't have to say no to some (but thanks again for the invitation, Daniel...). Also met a lot of interesting new...
In 2011 I wrote a post called Christmas Time, Logistics Time, in which I described the internal logistics of the holidays for my family and me. Not much has changed, and it is still a challenging time for shopping, planning, packing, and driving. This year, there is...
Ever since Amazon released the video of their Prime Air Drone, the internet has been full of drone stories. It quickly became known that Amazon was not the only company working on a drone to deliver packages. Postal Companies Are Droning On A few examples: In Germany,...
Industrial Design Engineering graduate student Alec Momont of the Dutch technical university TU Delft has designed an autonomously navigating mini airplane, a drone, that can fly at speeds of up to 100 km per hour, weighs 4Â kilograms, and can carry a weight of 4...
The concept of self-driving cars is not new. Various companies have been testing and perfecting the concept in the past years. While the concepts are getting better, there has not yet been one fully approved for use in any country. Yet. Now it seems Audi is taking it...
Getting messages from one person to the other has been the main job of postal companies ever since the Romans started their Cursus Publicus, a state-run messaging service established by Emperor August. Since then, mail and messaging have been mainly a state-run thing....
Social Media. You can be for it or against it, but it's safe to say that it is here to stay. Start-ups keep inventing new types and forms, and companies keep inventing new and creative uses for these applications. The total number of social applications is...
Those of you that have been following LogisticsMatter.com and @LogisticsMatter for a longer time know that I absolutely love Infographics. I've been collecting them on Pinterest for quite some time. It's a great way of getting information across in an entertaining and...
Uber has recently been valued at $17 billion. Not bad for an app that basically does nothing more than being a marketplace for taxi rides. Here in Europe, Uber has been all over the news as cities like Brussels and Berlin have blocked access to their taxi...
In October of last year, I wrote about a bus station made of shipping containers in the Dutch City of Barneveld. Since then, I've come across many different buildings and structures made out of shipping containers, and some of these are absolutely amazing. I decided...
Social Supply Chain. If you follow the news on the web on Supply Chain (for example, by following @LogisticsMatter 😉 ), there is no way this term is new to you. It's a relatively new term, and there is no single meaning. Social Supply Chain is often referred to as...
