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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

I have often written about legal issues and battles in California, as the state has been in the news for its warehouse and trucking emission rules, independent contractor rules for gig workers, and union disagreements at ports. below transits in December 2015, before the Neopanamax locks went into service. December transits fell 4.7%

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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. Cloud-based logistics and warehouse management are combining with B2B networks to enable multi-tier fulfillment.

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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. Or consider Walmart’s use of satellite photography and drones for scanning its warehouses. In 2015, IBM acquired The Weather Company.

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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. Finally, remember Hyperloop, Elon Musk’s vision for a fifth mode of transportation that would allow passengers to travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 35 minutes, traveling at a top speed of almost 800 miles per hour? 3PL Central Receives $17.5

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

In logistics and supply chain management, however, transport and warehousing are the most significant sharing processes thanks to a welter of economic benefits for all parties—and the trend is accelerating despite the dampening effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. US start-ups MakeSpace and Omni are leading the way in urban discreet warehousing.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017 : exoskeletons, autonomous forklifts, flying warehouses, last-mile delivery, and more. Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2015 : solar-powered vessel, robot dispatcher, 3-D printed flight parts, and more.

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Top 12 New Logistics Startup Companies Making Noise

ShipBob

Warehousing and storage. Venture Partners, Upfront Ventures, PayPal Ventures Inventory Planner With Inventory Planner, businesses are able to do inventory forecasting, create purchase orders, identify trends, and manage stock for multiple warehouses. Brands can connect products, sales channels, warehouses, workflows, reports, and more.