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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

There will still be a workforce needed to maintain those driverless vehicles or costs associated with maintenance done by the manufacturer or a 3rd party. For as curious as many are over the potential of driverless vehicles, logistics companies need to get even curiouser about what’s driving their bottom lines. Curiouser and Curiouser.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Brick-and-mortar stores also allow shoppers to return unwanted purchases. Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. Petco takes back dead fish,” Demer said.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

The Danish manufacturer saw sales begin to surge as consumers gravitated towards their building sets, which come in a variety of shapes, sizes, difficulties, and characters. And now on to this week’s logistics news. XPO Logistics to spin off freight brokerage. CEVA Logistics using self-driving trucks to move freight.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.14 - 1.18

Freight Plus

of procurement expenditures. Logistics Management. “In It has been very beneficial for improving communications with carriers as well as internally to our own team,” said Janelle Ballerstedt, Sensata’s global logistics and TMS project lead. Today in: "Where's my freight?". The state has agreed to update to.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 19-23, 2013)

Talking Logistics

I went to Home Depot earlier this week to return a purchase, and the customer in front of me wanted to exchange a defective power tool with the same model, but he couldn’t find any on the shelf even though the store’s inventory system said 5 units were in stock. UPS Expands Logistics Reach To Meet Emerging Demand In China.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 3-7, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Con-way Freight Introduces Drive Safe Systems™. FedEx Freight to Increase Shipping Rates. Bourque Logistics Introduces RAILTRAC® 12.5. Proposed DOT FY 2015 budget draws mixed reactions from industry stakeholders ( Logistics Management ). Can you leverage your logistics assets and resources for top-line growth?

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This Week in Logistics News (October 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

But one source mentioned the unlucky nature of the number “13” is a Norse myth about 12 gods having a dinner party in Valhalla. And now on to this week’s logistics news. to test autonomous truck runs from Houston to Oklahoma City with a safety driver aboard. Maersk joins FedEx Corp., Kodiak, Aurora Innovation Inc.