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Amazon’s Freight (Train) Is Coming

GlobalTranz

More recently they’ve started adding smaller trucks, purchasing 20,000 vans as well as virtually guaranteeing profit for anyone willing to run a fleet of their own. Today, for example, Amazon pre-loads un-purchased products onto a truck knowing they will be ordered by the time the truck reaches an area. I bet it will.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

This includes training materials to raise awareness of the risk of various kinds of parametric rolling, as well as tools such as videos and calculators to help prevent and, if necessary, manage such dangerous situations. Details of the negotiations have been hard to come by as both parties have vowed not to negotiate through the media.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 11-15, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Trucking, Rail Outlook Poor in 2016, Analysts Say (WSJ – sub. 2016 has begun like the year before: with Amazon in the headlines, continuing to push the envelope in logistics, continuing to keep competitors and others on their toes. Meanwhile, JDA Software announced further enhancements to its JDA® Warehouse Management solution.

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2016 Supply Chain Trends: 7 of 12 Trends that Will Drive Supply Chain Management in 2016

GlobalTranz

We have already covered the top 6 trends for 2016 in manufacturing. 2016 Supply Chain Trends: The First 7 of 12. 2016 Supply Chain Trends: The First 7 of 12. Today we will begin our two part series covering the 2016 supply chain trends we expect to see come to fruition in the next year.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

What will happen in 2016? Will interest rates continue to climb in 2016, and if so, what impact will it have on inventory levels? Sustainability : Will the climate change agreement reached at the COP21 meeting in Paris this past weekend change supply chains in 2016? Of course, what happens in the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 30 – June 3, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Now, on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Wal-Mart says it is 6-9 months from using drones to check warehouse inventory (Reuters). One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2016 was that drones would have a breakout year — not in delivering packages to consumers, but in yard and warehouse management.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 3-7, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Wal-Mart’s next move against Amazon: More warehouses, faster shipping (Reuters). As reported by Reuters: The world’s largest retailer is now on track to double the number of giant warehouses dedicated to online sales to 10 by the end of 2016, according to Justen Traweek, vice-president of e-commerce supply chain and fulfillment.