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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

If a bill introduced by San Francisco-based state Senator Scott Wiener becomes law, California could become the first state to require certain new cars to be equipped with a device capable of limiting speed. below transits in December 2015, before the Neopanamax locks went into service. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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How Does Machine Learning Improve Supply Chain Performance?

Logility

In 2016, Lowe’s introduced LoweBot , an autonomous retail service robot in Lowe’s stores throughout the San Francisco Bay area. Furthermore, LoweBot is able to assist with inventory monitoring in real time, which helps employees detect patterns that might guide future business decisions.

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Is the Package Under your Tree?

Supply Chain Shaman

When your phone rings, and you and your supply chain team is called to the corporate office to talk about the expansion of your ecommerce strategy for 2015, here are my recommendations: 1) Embrace the Each. Get Good at Having a Real-time Perpetual Inventory Signal. No matter where inventory is, put it to work. 3) Test and Learn.

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

Talking Logistics

Oz’s solutions address a number of pain points for e-commerce shippers by automating logistics and supply chain processes, including order fulfilment, inventory management/scanning, and shipping. The post This Week in Logistics News (November 30 – December 4, 2015) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 12-16, 2015)

Talking Logistics

August 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Moving on to disruptive technologies and services, Uber announced this week that UberRUSH, its same-day/same-hour delivery service, is now open for business in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco. Inventory Management. Infor Announces Infor CloudSuite™ Retail.

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

Walmart would not have the ability to provide such low prices and have consistent inventory in the over 5,000 stores in the United States and over 1.3 Benefits from its supply chain efficiency result in time savings, more cost-effective inventory management and improved product forecasting, the article said. Decades in the Making.

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Top 12 New Logistics Startup Companies Making Noise

ShipBob

Inventory management. Seed Funding: $125k Asimov Ventures, Montage Ventures, VTF Capital, and more Cin7 Cin7 provides cloud-based inventory and order management software to increase efficiency. Founded in 2015, Arka is dedicated to helping businesses curate a custom brand experience through sustainable packaging materials.