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This Week in Logistics News (September 26-30, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Global Container Volume on Track for Worst Year Since 2009 (WSJ – sub. Starting next year, Otto-branded trucks and others equipped with Otto technology will begin hauling freight bound for warehouses and stores, he said. Moving from trucking to ocean transportation, San Francisco startup Flexport Inc.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 30 – December 4, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Million Investment to Power Warehouse Management Software in the Cloud. Back in January 2014, I spoke with one of Oz Development’s customers, Jordan Kivelstadt, founder and CEO of Free Flow Wines , a pioneer in the “wine on tap” movement that Jordan and his partner launched in 2009. Freightview Launches New Google Chrome Application.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 28 – February 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

Earlier this week, San Francisco-based vertical farming company Plenty Unlimited Inc. Moller – Maersk is turning to flying drones to manage inventory counts in its warehouse network, the Danish firm said. Verity’s system then delivers that information to the client’s existing warehouse management system (WMS) software product.

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Amazon–Robots Roam the Warehouses

Operations and Supply Chain Management

warehouses with squat, orange, wheeled robots that move stocked shelves to workers, instead of having employees seek items amid long aisles of merchandise, according to people familiar with the matter. million-square-foot warehouse in Tracy, Calif., Amazon’s fulfillment costs have risen annually since 2009 and consumed 12.3%