The Physical Internet – a concept in which goods are handled, stored and transported in a shared network of manufacturers, retailers and the transportation industry – would benefit the U.S. economy ...

In an age of containerization, and advanced IT, you might think the global distribution system is about as seamless as it gets. But that isn’t how Professor Benoit Montreuil sees it. He says it’s ...

There’s a wild idea taking root in the logistics business that seeks to model the bits and atoms world of transport logistics after the technologies and methodologies of the digital internet. This ...

The Physical Internet (PI) :A concept of applying principles of the internet (top) to physical logistics by optimizing the transport routes (bottom). The Hirata Laboratory is currently conducting ...

Isn’t there a better way to do this? That simple question has been the starting point for any number of innovations in the materials handling world. It was also the starting point for the Physical ...

Amazon is readying to become a major player in the so-called physical internet, the project to build a network where boxes are bytes moving through the supply chain network in the same way data does ...

Spend aggregation gives way to new approaches in a tariff-driven supply chain Procurement is shifting from cost-driven spend aggregation to risk-adjusted sourcing strategies as tariffs, geopolitical ...

BOOM! Did you know that every time you send an email, you cause an explosion? Don’t worry, we won’t tell anyone. Many people don’t realize it, but that’s the way the internet works. At some point ...

There’s a really wild idea taking root in the logistics business that asks the question, “Can we make real life more like the Internet?” From this, the vision of the Physical Internet was borne: a ...