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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company created Project Gigaton in 2017 to engage suppliers and other stakeholders up and down the supply chain to reduce carbon emissions. Walmart began working with Alert in 2016 and launched a test of the autonomous cart-based system in a 20,000-square-foot warehouse connected to a supercenter in Salem, New Hampshire, in 2019.

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How Do We Know National Network for Manufacturing Innovation is Working? Because China is Copying It.

GlobalTranz

billion in the president’s FY 2017 budget proposal to fully fund the network of 45 National Network for Manufacturing Innovation institutes. Senator Ayotte said, "We have so much potential for growth, and this bill will allow the [New Hampshire] MEP to create partnerships with local universities to start apprenticeship programs.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2017, Target invested $550 million in the home delivery service Shipt-a modest outlay compared to the billions Amazon and Walmart have spent in the same-day-delivery space. Thanks for tuning in for all the logistics news. Enjoy the weekend, the holidays, and a relaxing new year. The announcement is the first from the $52.7

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Target Expands Curbside Pickup to 1,550 Stores for Back to School

Multichannel Merchant

Markets being added to Drive Up service include Massachusetts (Boston metro area, Springfield, Worcester), Rhode Island (Providence/Warwick), Maine (Portland, Augusta, Bangor) and New Hampshire (Manchester, Concord, Keene). The service was first introduced by Target in 2017 in its native Minneapolis, and has been growing ever since.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 10-14, 2014)

Talking Logistics

This week, FedEx Freight drivers voted against the union in Newark, New Jersey , and Con-way Freight employees did the same in Manchester, New Hampshire. The company will also encourage more consumers to pick up and drop off packages at local shops offering the UPS Access Point pick-up and drop-off service. .

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Most Important U.S. Infrastructure to Build is within its Borders

Enterra Insights

The 2017 report card assigns an overall D+ to America’s infrastructure highlighting just how serious the problem is. Annually, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) publishes a report card on the state of U.S. infrastructure assigning letter grades to each infrastructure segment. Bridges: C+.