Only about 7% of supply chains currently support real-time decision making, even though 95% require rapid reactions due to the speed of modern operations.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Discover how transloading optimizes logistics by transferring goods across transit modes like trucks, trains, and ships, enhancing efficiency in global shipments.

Smartphone data has emerged as a valuable resource for inferring transportation modes, harnessing a range of embedded sensors such as the Global Positioning System and accelerometers. The utilisation ...

The recently published CSCMP's State of Logistics 2019 is the single best annual snapshot of where logistics stands in the United States. One important mode that does not get nearly enough attention ...

Even in the middle of a worldwide pandemic, rollerblading isn’t very cool. See, I’ve been spending a lot of time looking out my window (as one tends to do during The Quarantine), watching as the ...

In the United States, gondolas (also known as aerial cable cars) have mainly been proposed and developed as a small transportation line serving a private development, like the one proposed for the new ...

The latest Google Maps beta v11.28 appears to be testing the ability to let users pick their preferred transport mode for in-app directions. That’s not all as this change appears to show a previously ...

As the world was locked for months, traveling seems quite impossible. However, as the economy started to open up, people began going out and find the best mode of transportation to suit their needs.

A study carried out in seven European cities highlights the role of active transport in good mental health and self-perceived health. How do transport modes influence people's health? A new study led ...

Active transportation modes in midlife -- notably, cycling -- were tied to a lower dementia risk over 13 years. Cycling was also associated with higher hippocampal volume. The APOE4 allele modified ...