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...
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...
At the start of the year, the 5th edition of The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management has been published by Kogan Page. It's a whopping 720 pages filled with a wealth of information on all aspects of the supply chain, from raw materials through to the...
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...
Same-Day Delivery is a returning topic on Logistics, Supply Chain and e-Commerce news sites and blogs. It all started about a year ago when large online and offline retailers launched Same-Day Delivery services. The Traditional Model These retail/e-tail giants used...
Christmas is a busy time of year for both people and businesses. Especially Retail and e-Commerce companies, Logistics Providers, and Parcel Carriers are experiencing peak volumes. On the people side, there are similar Planning and Logistics challenges, as presents...
November has been a very busy month in which we visited a total of three conferences, of which LogiMed was the first. The LogiMed 2013 Conference was held in the Kempinski 4 Seasons Hotel in the center of Munich, where more than 125 Medical Device Logistics and Supply...
I was sitting at Rotterdam The Hague Airport, waiting for my flight to Munich to board, on my way to Logimed when an article in the newspaper I was reading (NRC Next*) jumped out at me. The heading said: "A Phone Like a Kit", and of course it was about Dave Hakkens...
I like design, especially if it's modern, innovative, and functional. I also like Logistics, also if it's modern, innovative, and functional. I especially love it when these two (like Hannibal Smith's plans) come together! In the pictures below you see the brand new...
Magnetic Rail Drones Self Driving Cars Crowdsourced Delivery Location Based Logistics 5 New Modes of Transport That Will Change the World of Freight As We Know It 5 World-changing Ways of Moving Goods
I regularly shop online. CD's, sneakers and electronics are among my favourite items. I don't know about you, but when I buy something online the little kid inside me wakes up and I want to play with my newly ordered toy NOW! The feeling is not so strong that I select...
The interest in Sustainability is ever increasing. Supply Chains are being scrutinized and criticized for not being sustainable or socially responsible. People want biological food, green energy, and electrical cars. Dutch designer Dave Hakkens has developed a concept...
Three and a half years ago I founded LogisticsMatter. It started out of professional curiosity after my first encounters with Twitter at the end of 2009. I started spreading logistics news and backgrounds with @LogisticsMatter to have a place to collect what I found...
EVERETT, Wash., Sept. 4, 2013 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] and FedEx Express, an operating company of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), celebrated today the delivery of the Memphis, Tenn.-based express shipping company’s first 767-300 freighter. The delivery supports the FedEx strategy...
