3PL stories
Rising eCommerce and outsourcing demand are pushing logistics firms to use AI to improve routing, visibility and warehouse efficiency.
Avoiding costly outages is driving DHL's North America network, which can deliver critical data centre parts within four hours of request.
The latest additions give merchants faster fulfilment in France and Germany as Cainiao expands its European network to seven new sites since April.
The retailer says the new platform cut manual checks and held up through Black Friday, easing strain as sales surged across five markets.
Creators and small sellers can now ship printed goods from digital files without buying printers or holding stock, as beta testing begins in Huddersfield.
Shippers could cut review times from weeks to minutes as the closed-loop tool spots savings and service issues across global freight.
INFORM unveils YMSlite, a cloud yard tool giving smaller logistics sites real-time trailer visibility, faster setup and simpler dock control.
3PL has been chosen to run UK multi-channel fulfilment for Vahdam Teas, handling complex B2B orders for major retail and wholesale partners.
Stronger leasing and higher occupancy in Jakarta's offices, malls and warehouses signal a broad property recovery despite cautious pricing.
The tie-up aims to cut data silos and manual reconciliation for logistics firms under pressure to link warehouse, finance and workforce systems.
Growing eCommerce brands could face GBP £5.3 million in five-year fulfilment bills if they run their own warehouse, Diamond says.
The five-year renewal secures deliveries to more than 1,000 UK Co-op stores as convenience retailers face pressure to keep shelves stocked reliably.
More than 1,000 UK Co-op stores will keep receiving deliveries under GXO's transport contract, now extended to span over 20 years.
The deal should reduce Footasylum's upfront costs and speed up its move to a denser goods-to-person system before peak trading.
Warehouse operators facing storage bottlenecks saw Dematic's FD Shuttle debut in Melbourne, aimed at boosting density without expanding sites.
Outsourced fulfilment has freed the Lincoln confectionery firm to scale up, with daily collections replacing weekly dispatches and turnover climbing.
The new role signals 3PL's push to improve service and align staff, systems and technology as competition in fulfilment intensifies.
Logistics firms could cut staffing and operating costs as the startup uses the new funding to expand AI agents into billing, compliance and dispatch.
Integrated finance and inventory systems are helping MAAP avoid operational drag as the cycling brand expands across eight countries.
The deal gives the food brand UK fulfilment for online, Amazon and wholesale orders, with compliance a key reason for choosing 3PL.
