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Drone Delivery is Here with Tom Walker

The Logistics of Logistics

Key Takeaways: Drone Delivery is Here DroneUP is a San Diego based drone delivery company that was founded in 2017. DroneUp provides drone delivery service in 34 locations across six states for the #1 retailer in the world, Walmart. DroneUP has a network of over 10,000 pilots who can deliver packages to customers within minutes.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 2.11-2.15

Freight Plus

For the first time since September 2017 national average van rates fall below $2. The San Diego and Beijing-based company boasts the largest fleet of autonomous trucks testing on US and Chinese highways. Trucking spot rates drop to pre-capacity crisis levels. Rates closed out January at $1.96

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Blockchain Points Way to `Massive Change' for Commodity Supply Chain

Material Handling & Logistics

a San Diego fund manager that created an index to track returns of companies adopting the technology. The most-prominent use was in bitcoin, which became a global sensation in 2017. Natixis SA and Trafigura Group Ltd. announced in March they will employ the system to finance buying and selling oil.

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Ryder Places First Medium-Duty Electric Vehicle Order with Chanje Energy and Begins to Roll Out Charging Stations

Supply Chain Network

Miami, November 2, 2017 —Ryder System, Inc. Ryder also plans to equip its maintenance facilities in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, and San Jose, Calif. markets, as well as in the Chicago and New York markets, with the latest technology in commercial electric vehicle (EV) charging.

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Join Herlitz IM at the ROFDA Conference

Herlitz Inventory Management

Join the Herlitz team November 10-12, 2017 at Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego. Harnessing the power of in-person conferences. The ROFDA Conferences are designed as an environment to ignite conversations, and exchange ideas and viewpoints.

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The Whole Fake Package: Video, Voice, and Content

Enterra Insights

Lera Boroditsky , a cognitive scientist at the University of California, San Diego, notes, “By choosing how you frame and talk about something, you are cuing others to think about it in a specific way. Since humans first put pen to parchment, there have been nefarious people willing to spread falsehoods.

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Top 10 Freight Markets for Contract and Spot Freight

DAT Solutions

For the markets with the highest ratio of contract freight to spot market freight you will find Albuquerque, NM, Flagstaff, AZ, and San Diego, CA. Flatbed freight has been the clear winner so far in 2017 for improvement in load-truck ratios and rates. Los Angeles is #1 and Ontario is #2 for the most loads in 2016.

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