eyefortransport Weekly Newsletter 3rd January 2014

DHL's thoughts on big data; eyefortransport rebrands; New competitors for UPS, FedEx?

Happy New Year – I’m sure you have noticed that a lot of the early economic indicators from North America and Europe have generally been very positive. Fingers crossed that 2014 is the year that finally sees the global economy power forward in both the developing and the developed world.

You may also notice a few changes at eyefortransport, or ‘eft’ as we have rebranded to. When we started working in the industry, 15 years ago, our business was much more focused on freight transport, but over time our focus has shifted to supply chain and logistics, which reflects the interests of our audience and the place where we add the most value in the industry.  As such ‘eyefortransport’ really doesn’t reflect us as a business anymore. The change to ‘eft’ matches our news portal – eft.com – and gives us the flexibility we need, across all of our business intelligence products: elite conferences, forward-thinking webinars, strategic reports, daily industry news and opinion pieces, industry maps and other premium content, both original and curated from the best voices in supply chain – I also hope you like the new logo ;0)

Two really interesting thought pieces for you this week to start the new year. One from DHL about the use of big data in logistics, and the second from Cathy Morrow Roberson looking at some potential trends in parcel shipping in the coming year(s).

News This Week:

eyefortransport rebrands to ‘eft’

2013 holiday delivery mishaps will lead to creative solutions 

Cambridge Capital Completes Initial Public Offering

Descartes acquires Impatex

Logistics companies could become the “search engines of the real world”

Featured This Week: Logistics and Supply Chain Technology Trends – Share Your Thoughts

In partnership with HP, we’re going to investigate, analyse, and then share our findings with you on the key IT trends and challenges currently affecting the logistics and supply chain industry, which technologies are crucial for your business, and why.

I wanted to invite you to take part in our survey and offer your thoughts. Don’t worry - no individual responses are reported and your answers will remain anonymous.

We’re also giving away an HP wireless printer to one lucky respondent so it’s certainly worth your time!

The survey should only take you approx. 5 minutes to complete, just follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N36389X 

Featured This Week: More Confirmed Speakers for 3PL & CSCO US

The 2014 3PL Summit and Chief Supply Chain Officer Forum – Chicago, June 11-13 – continue to attract leading supply chain and logistics industry speakers. We start the New Year with four additions to the roster:

  • Jack Holmes – President – UPS Freight

  • Jeff Silver – CEO and Founder – Coyote Logistics

  • Julio Nemeth - SVP Product Supply Global Operations - P&G

  • Bob Brenner - SVP Warehousing & Distribution - Avnet

See all the speakers at the 3PL Summit and CSCO Forum

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