Urban Logistics and Last Mile Delivery Optimisation
With Joost Bekker – Business Development Director of PTV Group
Drones in Distribution: Thinking Inside the Box
I’d be a little surprised if you haven’t yet heard about retail giant, Amazon and its plans for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), otherwise known as drones, in distribution. Indeed, progress reports have been cropping up in the media regularly over the last few...
Does Rail Freight Transportation Really ‘Suck’ that Much?
Why aren’t we using more rail freight in Australia? According to logistics theory, rail freight comes into its own over greater geographical distances. I seem to recall learning back in my Cranfield days that 600 km was the magic number above which rail freight...
Transport and Transportation: Do They Mean the Same Thing?
What is Transportation? Well, I asked John Cole one of our transport experts, exactly that question, and a few others related to transport! I hope his answers help you. How Would you Define “Transport” and Transportation? In a supply chain, it’s the movement of...