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This Week n Logistics News (February 24 – March 1)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. Another option is the consignee, meaning “the ultimate recipient of cargo; the person to whom final delivery of the cargo is to be made.” The e-commerce boom didn’t just change consumers’ lives, it transformed entire regions, turning backwaters into logistics-driven boomtowns.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 25 – March 4)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. A central part of Amazon’s ultrafast delivery strategy is its network of warehouses that the company calls same-day sites. The facilities are a fraction of the size of Amazon’s large fulfillment warehouses and are designed to prepare products for immediate delivery.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 – June 2)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. However, many of these companies are now reining in their logistics ambitions. Experts say such sites will have to be clustered close to the state’s big ports and warehousing hubs. There is no doubt that autonomous semi-trucks will change the face of logistics.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

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We are seeing it now in terms of truck drivers and warehouse workers, and Walmart is an example of a company that has been trying to get ahead of these shortages by offering higher wages and on-the-job perks. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Autonomous cargo ship completes 500-mile voyage.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 11-15, 2018)

Talking Logistics

In the meantime, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Home Depot Sets $1.2 Amazon’s Clever Machines Are Moving From the Warehouse to Headquarters (Bloomberg). Driver pay has surged so far in 2018, NTI reports, with gains expected to continue (CCJ). Supreme Court Turns Aside J.B.

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UPS Strike Averted While Workers Gain Heat Protection

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She started her petition in 2018 after her husband nearly died of heat stroke on the job. Theresa Klerk’s petition, which started in July of 2018, was an articulate plea to UPS to align their rhetoric with the reality faced by their workforce. “As The petition, run by Change.org, was signed by more than 1.3 million people.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 25 – July 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Nestlé has cut greenhouse gases by 4 million tons since 2018. As retailers’ warehouses pile up with goods that are no longer seeing high demand, tapping liquidators is one of the methods retailers use to make room for other items. Amazon plans two Prime shopping events this year.