Talking Logistics

JANUARY 15, 2016

So let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon poised to take on UPS, FedEx in delivery business (Seattle Times). November 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). And if you’re reading this, neither did you.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2017

million TEUs in March 2015. increase over 2015. ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle and Tacoma on the West Coast; New York/New Jersey, Hampton Roads, Charleston, Savannah, Port Everglades and Miami on the East Coast, and Houston on the Gulf Coast. million TEUs set just one month earlier in July. August was up 1.4%

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CargoBarn

JULY 18, 2018

The hugely popular Amazon Prime day started in 2015 to celebrate the Seattle-based e-tail giant’s 20th anniversary by offering sitewide discounts to Prime Members. Gasoline prices about 30 percent higher than the same point last year, AAA says. This year, Prime “Day” was actually 36 hours: July 16-17.

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Material Handling & Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

increase over 2015. ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle and Tacoma on the West Coast; New York/New Jersey, Hampton Roads, Charleston, Savannah, Port Everglades and Miami on the East Coast, and Houston on the Gulf Coast. November is forecast at 1.63 million TEUs, down 0.5% from last year, and December is forecast at 1.6

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

billion between 2015 and 2017. About half of these jobs are in the US, and half of them based out of their Seattle headquarters. Most of the attention so far has been on fulfillment. That’s not surprising, given that Amazon’s shipping costs grew from $11.5 billion to $21.7 Last year, fulfillment accounted for 14.2% Team Analysis.

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Supply Chain Movement

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Contents Supply Chain Movement 16 – 2015 Q1. Publishing date: 27 February 2015. 14 | Consulting Subway Map 2015. From a small shop in Seattle in 1971, the Starbucks Coffee Company has conquered the globe. 6 | News & Background. Jungheinrich aiming for Europe’s number 1 position. Loser of last quarter: Philips.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 14, 2019

Wagers, who was hired last April, may have initially been brought on board to help reaccelerate the company’s mergers & acquisitions which had been stagnant since 2015. Seattle to Salt Lake City, Buffalo to Chicago, and various lanes in California all saw the biggest declines in rates. Trucking rates stabilize after 8-week dive.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 18, 2015

In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon in talks to lease 20 jets to launch air-cargo business (The Seattle Times). Seattle passes law letting Uber, Lyft drivers unionize (Reuters). This week, as reported in The Seattle Times, Amazon is negotiating to lease 20 Boeing 767 jets for its own air-delivery service.

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BlueYonder

MARCH 10, 2015

The 49 th NFL Super Bowl played on February 1, 2015 at the University of Phoenix stadium proved that even when the rules are set in advance and the boundaries are well known, predicting the outcome is almost impossible, even with 1 minute left in the game.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 1, 2015

While sitting in the coffee area of Post-Expo 2015 in Paris today, a 3-day exhibition dedicated to everything postal and express, I read about the launch of Amazon Flex – the Uber-like service for same-day parcel deliveries. Perfect timing, you would think – the news is triggering a lot of buzz here, indeed.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 29, 2015

March 2015 North American Freight Numbers. In return, the Seattle company pledges to get users their merchandise by 9 pm that night. billion in March 2015…Year-over-year, the value of U.S.-NAFTA billion in March 2015 as three out of five transportation modes – air, rail, and truck – carried more U.S.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2015 : solar-powered vessel, robot dispatcher, 3-D printed flight parts, and more. In markets with high land values, such as New York City, Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area, multistory distribution centers are emerging. Several major U.S. Click here to read the full story. Media Type.

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Techgistics

JANUARY 14, 2017

According to a recent report in the Seattle Times , in 2016 Amazon significantly expanded the deployment of Kiva Robots in their fulfillment centers. In the 2015 competition, the best robots were picking at a speed of 30 items per hour (very slow compared to humans).

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 5, 2023

6 River Systems was founded in 2015 and developed an Autonomous Mobile Robot product called ‘Chuck’ that provides automated assistance to pickers in a warehouse, working collaboratively with human operators. Shopify will receive stock representing a 13% equity interest in Flexport, on top of its existing equity interest.

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Freightera

MARCH 22, 2024

This Seattle startup raised over a billion dollars in investments in a challenge to become a leading digital freight carrier network similar to Freightera. The Rise and Fall of Convoy Since its conception in 2015, Convoy has been a leader in the trucking industry, and for a reason.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Manhattan Associates Mobile Distribution Management Takes Center Stage at CSCMP 2015. July 2015 North American Freight Numbers. Amazon Flex is available now in Seattle. The post This Week in Logistics News (September 28 – October 2, 2015) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 12, 2020

… A 2015 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center found that Columbus Day was the most inconsistently-observed US holiday.”[3] The movement lost steam again until 2014, when Minneapolis, MN, Grand Rapids, MN, and Seattle, WA, decided to adopt the change. Some states like Oregon, Iowa, and Nebraska have never observed it.

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DAT Solutions

JULY 28, 2016

You don’t have to go into Denver or Seattle to enjoy a rate increase, just be aware of the trends in both directions of your round trip before you choose a load and a destination. It’s a typical seasonal decline, but this year’s July slump started later and it’s happening more slowly than in 2015.

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Techgistics

JUNE 4, 2017

In 2016, third-party sellers accounted for approximately 50% of Amazon’s unit sales and are also Amazon’s second largest source of revenue - $23 billion in 2016 a 43% gain on 2015. Amazon Fresh A grocery delivery service that started in Seattle in 2007 and now operates in 16 cities.

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QAD

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The city is located in a prime position to travel to major west coast locations such as Seattle, Portland and the Silicon Valley. We again used Census data to find average populations for every state in the country from 1963-2015 and used that as a basis for another calculation of how many patents are issued for every 100,000 people. .

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Cathy Roberson

MARCH 25, 2024

” UPS is also evaluating the possible sale of its truck brokerage service, Coyote Logistics, which it acquired in 2015. Another example and the biggest threat for FedEx and UPS is Amazon Business, launched in 2015 to address the SME business market. More than 6 million customers are now buying on Amazon Business.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 21, 2016

Editor’s note: This post originally ran in October 2015. Oakland and the Seattle-Tacoma ports on the West Coast. Seattle-Tacoma is generally the best complex to serve the Pacific Northwest, playing a unique role in providing access to the upper Midwest via rail. East and West Coast Ports to Battle for U.S.

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RFgen

AUGUST 26, 2015

Food and Drug Administration announced recalls for two popular brands of dog food, The Seattle Times reported. Between August 2014 and July 2015 almost a dozen unique federally recognized incidents involving pet foods and treats occurred. According to Food Safety News, this recent recall is not surprising.

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RFgen

AUGUST 26, 2015

Food and Drug Administration announced recalls for two popular brands of dog food, The Seattle Times reported. Between August 2014 and July 2015 almost a dozen unique federally recognized incidents involving pet foods and treats occurred. According to Food Safety News, this recent recall is not surprising.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 6, 2015

Rethink Robotics introduced Sawyer in 2015 and pioneered the “friendly” robot game with the introduction of Baxter in 2012, which will make the integration of human workers and robots seamless. Now, consider what means for the future. Amazon: The Leader of the Bleeding Edge of Robotics in Logistics Practice.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A 2015 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center found that Columbus Day was the most inconsistently-observed US holiday.”[2]. The movement lost steam again until 2014, when Minneapolis, MN, Grand Rapids, MN, and Seattle, WA, decided to adopt the change. ”[2].

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 15, 2018

Amazon’s algorithms, refined through years of monitoring customer behavior, are getting the Seattle-based company out of the guessing game. A key turning point came in 2015 when the value of goods sold through the marketplace exceeded those sold by the retail team, the people say.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 29, 2022

Bender, “ Look behind the curtain: Don’t be dazzled by claims of ‘artificial intelligence’ ,” The Seattle Times, 11 May 2022. [2] 8] Jennifer Zaino, “ Cognitive Computing, Artificial Intelligence Apps Have Big Future in the Enterprise ,” Dataversity, 17 September 2015. [9] ” Footnotes. [1] 1] Emily M. 10] Michael C.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 17, 2023

The software provider will continue to be led by its existing CEO Zig Serafin and reportedly will remain headquartered in Provo, Utah and Seattle, Washington. Mr. Renjen served as global consulting firm Deloitte’s Global CEO from 2015 to December 2022 upon his retirement from the role. Dr. Plattner’s term expires in May 2024.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Coyote became a UPS company in August 2015, adding UPS asset utilization, air freight, ocean freight and customs brokerage to its portfolio of services. Content Summary: Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle. 2016 revenues: $2.36 Printer-friendly version. DB Schenker (The Americas). Media Image.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2017

Instead, rates and volumes shot up in places like Memphis and Columbus, both associated with e-commerce fulfillment, and even Denver and Seattle exhibited unusually robust rates and shipping patterns. Granted, some big markets like Atlanta and Dallas remained quiet this December. per mile, as they were at the June peak of $1.98.

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EcoVadis

MARCH 29, 2017

His Rap Guide to Evolution (“Astonishing and brilliant” NY Times) was featured on US national TV on The Rachel Maddow Show and at the Seattle Science Festival opening for Stephen Hawking. His latest work “ Rap Guide to Climate Chaos ” premiered in Edinburgh in 2015, followed by a six month off-Broadway run in 2016.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

The company was started in 1907 as a small messenger service in Seattle with $100 in borrowed capital. started as a single office ocean forwarder in Seattle. billion (2019) Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, USA CEO: Jeffrey S. Revenue: $8.7 billion (2019) Headquarters: Melbourne, Australia Chairman: John Mullen 14. Revenue: $8.17

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Material Handling & Logistics

MAY 5, 2018

Bureau of Labor Statistics notes that there were 5,190 deaths from workplace trauma in 2016, an increase of 7% from 2015 and a 12% increase since 2012. Content Summary: Amazon , Seattle, WA: Seven workers have been killed at Amazon warehouses since 2013—including three workers within five weeks at three separate locations in 2017.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

In 2015 it was a dark story if you were a carrier. States and cities like Seattle are severely restricting use of driver contractors in port drayage and car services like Uber and Grubhub. The high demand for logistics services took some by surprise, including the researchers. Kearney and co-author of the report. "In

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 11, 2016

Back in mid-December, The Seattle Times reported that Amazon was negotiating to lease 20 Boeing 767 jets for its own air-delivery service (see my comments at the time). percent in 2015, down from its initial projection of 3.3 Omnitracs Expands Roadnet® Anywhere Platform to Enhance User Experience.

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