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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Starting this week, customers across the US will begin to see custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian delivering their Amazon packages , with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 3.11-3.15

Freight Plus

XPO’s stock nosedived last December after a short seller’s negative report. Seattle to Salt Lake City, Buffalo to Chicago, and various lanes in California all saw the biggest declines in rates. 310,000 Class 8 truck orders in 2018 marked the fourth strongest year for heavy duty truck purchases on record. 2018 — I mean — wow!

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This Week in Logistics News (April 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

It also provides predictive analytics that can tell the restaurant more about what kind of coffee its customers enjoy and when. And now on to this week’s logistics news. According to recent reports, Walmart has increased the number of digital orders coming from its stores by 170 percent in the last year.

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Logistics in the City

Enterra Insights

Logistics in the city might not be as entertaining as the television show “Sex in the City,” however, topically it’s more important. ” One big stakeholder group she left out is logistics providers. The challenge of urban logistics. As a result, some accommodation must be made for logistics in the city.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Electrek recently reported that Tesla told suppliers to be ready for Cybertruck release candidates in late August and production in early October. As for the specs and pricing, Tesla hasn’t updated those since the launch of the prototype in 2019. The Seattle-based giant emitted 71.27

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. The core competency of these companies is logistics , and they do it well. Even Amazon used third-party logistics companies when the company first started, until reaching sufficient scale to have a logistics arm of its own.