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Key Trends Driving Digital Transformation in the Freight Industry

Robotics Automation News

The freight and shipping industry is going through some major changes lately as new technologies shake up the old way of doing things. For any business that relies on some form of logistics – whether sending products across town or across the world – keeping up with the latest digital advances is becoming critical for […]

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Burgeoning Freight and Logistics Demands to Fuel Recovery of China’s Commercial Truck Industry

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Key drivers in this revival will be burgeoning transport and logistics needs, particularly for eCommerce retail deliveries, the need for periodic truck replacements to align with stricter new emissions standards, and government impetus in the form of subsidies and incentives. It is projected to nearly double to 4.3

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Industrial Processes & Wireless Communications – Part II: Manufacturing Logistics

Cisco Manufacturing

This blog is the second in a series, bringing a lens on manufacturing logistics, dissecting the application flow and a little detail on why the serving wireless medium must behave in a particular way to support it. 2) Manufacturing logistics. Manufacturing Logistics. Logistics Communication Flows. Synchronicity : None.

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Xwing and U.S. Air Force demonstrate fully autonomous cargo aircraft

Robotics Business Review

In modern conflict, it’s axiomatic that logistics wins wars. In air freight alone, just under 16 million metric tons of cargo was flown worldwide in 2023. It’s a lot of freight, requiring lots of airframes, engines, and, of course, pilots. Air Force and Xwing Inc. And in an interconnected global economy, it also wins the peace.

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Distribution demons: A look at pallet networks

SMMT

Pallet networks are co-operative organisations made up of groups of hauliers across the UK working together to provide next-day freight delivery services. It also means that high levels of vehicle capacity utilisation are achieved, with current vehicle fill at more than 72%, compared with 51% in some road freight sectors.

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Another Turn of the Wheel: Test Runs of Class 8 Autonomous Truck Fleets to Begin on Public Roads in the US

Frost & Sullivan Manufacturing

Autonomous trucks have long been seen as the solution to overburdened road freight networks and inefficient logistics chains. Our forecasts indicate that Level 4 autonomous trucks – if commercialized as anticipated by 2024-2025 – have the potential to transport about ~22% of the annual freight tonnage in the US by 2040.

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Nature-inspired tech to move transport towards net-zero

E&T

To drive down harmful emissions, engineers are taking inspiration from nature to come up with greener technologies, including helping current forms of transport, from cars to planes, evolve and move towards net-zero. Information was gathered about the frequency of logistics as well as producers’ requirements.