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The Uberization of Logistics is Now

by Martijn Graat | Jan 8, 2015 | Blog

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...

Drone Deliveries? There’s a Pad for that!

by Martijn Graat | Dec 23, 2014 | Blog

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,...

How Uber-like Logistics Optimizes the Transportation Marketplace

by Martijn Graat | Jun 17, 2014 | Blog

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...

How FedEx beats DHL

by Martijn Graat | Jan 30, 2014 | Blog

Last week I came across this picture somewhere on the internet. It really made me smile and I saved it immediately. What I forgot is to make a note where I found it, so I must apologize for not being able to mention that source, although the original source is most...

‘Anticipatory Shipping’ and how Ship-to Person is Getting Closer to Reality

by Martijn Graat | Jan 20, 2014 | Blog

In June of 2012, I first wrote a blog post about Location-Based Logistics, in which I argued that in the future, parcels would no longer be delivered to addresses (Ship-to Address) but to persons (Ship-to Person) where-ever that person is or will be. We would need to...