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This Week in Logistics News (June 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on this week’s logistics news: Amazon says it will launch drone deliveries this year. UPS tests tiny battery-powered cycles in congested cities. UPS said a trial run is focused on New York City and in several cities in Europe. GM 3D prints 60,000 parts to keep up with deliveries.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 2-6, 2017)

Talking Logistics

I’ll be doing both for the first time in a couple of weeks at Seminarium’s Logistics & Operations Conference 2017 (October 18th in Santiago, Chile). Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon Is Testing Its Own Delivery Service to Rival FedEx and UPS (Bloomberg Technology).

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This Week in Logistics News (October 27-31, 2014)

Talking Logistics

It was a great costume, and we looked great — except we were living in Arizona at the time and nobody outside of New York City (the only place the Blue Man Group was performing at the time) had heard of them, so every time we showed up at a party that night, people would yell out, “Hey, look, Smurfs !” In late April, C.H.

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NRF 2023: Returns Management to the Rescue

Logistics Viewpoints

As a quick recap, a crowd of nearly 37,000 people flocked to the Javits Center in New York City to see what new solutions and innovations software suppliers had in store for 2023 and beyond. For this reason, more and more retailers are making returns management part of the forecasting process.

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4 Features of an Improving Supply Chain

MIT Supply Chain

Understand your business and its competitive edge In 2103 Inditex opened a warehouse in its distribution center (DC) in Zaragoza, Spain. The warehouse is known as “the largest clothes closet in Europe” because it handles hanging garments. Using one warehouse to supply stores worldwide would probably not make sense for other retailers.

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Coffee Shipping 101: Costs, Challenges, & How-to Ship

ShipBob

These services allow coffee shipping businesses to better forecast how much inventory is needed all the while, increasing the lifetime value of their customer. A fulfillment partner may be able to assist with the logistics of getting products to international customers. What is the cheapest way to ship coffee? via Priority Mail.