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This Week in Logistics News (August 26 – September 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

And when Mark Goodson and Bill Todman began shopping a modernized revival of The Price Is Right, Bob Barker joined on as the host, a role he would hold until his retirement in 2007. All of it is designed to help drivers deliver packages more efficiently and safely.

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Can Co-opetition Save your Company?

Elementum

The difference between BlackBerry in 2007— with a net worth of US $40B and BlackBerry in 2013—willing to be sold for a measly a tenth of its 2007 figure—has a lot to do with a failure to identify and deal with its competitors in the correct way. In 2007, it released the Kindle. Keep Your Friends Close….

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Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking: Networked Supply.

Global Trade Management

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. Sunday, 25 November 2007. Perishables represent a particularly important segment of the Miami air cargo market, because Miami International Airport is a primary hub for perishables moving between Latin America, the Caribbean islands, and North America. Subscribe To.

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Are We Losing Our Jobs to Robots? Each 1 Costs 6 Jobs, a New Study Says

BlueYonder

A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research examined the impact of robots in the workforce between 1990 and 2007. You just might see what one startup thinks could be the future of international cargo transport. Are we losing our job to robots? It looks like we’re already losing our jobs to robots.

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Are We Losing Our Jobs to Robots? Each 1 Costs 6 Jobs, a New Study Says

BlueYonder

A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research examined the impact of robots in the workforce between 1990 and 2007. You just might see what one startup thinks could be the future of international cargo transport. Are we losing our job to robots? It looks like we’re already losing our jobs to robots.

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The Amazonification of Logistics

Techgistics

Many customers now want their packages next-day, same-day, or even within one hour and as a result logistics networks have evolved to reflect these changing customer preferences. Amazon Fresh A grocery delivery service that started in Seattle in 2007 and now operates in 16 cities. The service is available in about 25 cities worldwide.

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Uberisation of Logistics – Are You Too Late?

Logistics Bureau

Now replace “Uber taxi” by “generic service”, such as item packaging, pickup and delivery, errands, pizza, doctor house calls, and private jets, but keep all of the characteristics above. For example, before Uber started in 2009, Amazon’s Mechanical Turk system was already functioning in 2007. Even tipping is handled electronically.