2020 Coolfire News Archive

The “Amazon effect” disrupted the supply chain long before COVID-19. Amazon made big waves in the industry by setting the customer expectation of two-day, same-day, and free shipping — putting unprecedented pressure on logistics and carriers to meet the challenge. In...

For all the improvements in logistics in recent years, the last-mile delivery problem remains a mystery. The last mile of the supply chain accounts for more than half of total shipping costs, making it the most expensive part of the shipping process. It’s also the...

Collaboration software Coolfire Core, for example, enables situational awareness throughout a company’s supply chain by aggregating data from existing systems. It also gathers information from vehicles, IoT-connected devices, sensors, and worker input — whether on the...