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Reports of Convoy Winding Down Digital Freight Business

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights a breaking news development related to Seattle based trucking based Cloud platform provider Convoy. Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and other industry specific media are reporting that Seattle based digital freight start-up services provider Convoy is preparing for a possible sale or other action.

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Reports That Convoy Exploring Strategic Options

Supply Chain Matters

A report initially published by The Information ( Paid subscription ) and subsequently industry publication Freightways , cited sources indicating that the Seattle based company, that counted Jeff Bezos , Bill Gates and Marc Benioff as investors, with Fidelity and T Rowe Price as later stage backers has taken this action.

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Boeing’s Newest Production and Quality Challenge

Supply Chain Matters

As of this afternoon, a published report from industry publication Air Current , citing informed sources, indicated that United Airlines has found loose bolts on door plugs on at least five Boeing 737 Max 9 planes during ongoing inspections. based carriers Alaska Airlines and United Airlines.

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Agriculture in the City

Enterra Insights

Plenty itself had planned to open a farm near Seattle by this point, but decided to focus on building its tech platform.” Urban-grown crops will likely be more expensive than traditional crops; however, they will also be a more dependable source of food grown close to where the majority of consumers will live.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

We hope you enjoy this salute to the best of 2018, and we look forward to even more innovations in 2019. In markets with high land values, such as New York City, Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area, multistory distribution centers are emerging. Warehouse Automation. Media Type. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. DataTable subpages.

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China Exports Rebound Even as Western Markets Face Lockdown

Logistics Bureau

In response to the constraints on belly capacity, outbound cargo-only flights from China are increasing and are above 2019 levels. percent from February 2019. The Port of Seattle has closed operations at two of its four container terminals due to a lack of shipping demand. In the United States, the Pandemic has yet to Peak.

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Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2019

Enterra Insights

Columbus Day, a day set aside to celebrate the discovery of the New World by Europeans, has become a source of controversy. The movement lost steam again until 2014, when Minneapolis, MN, Grand Rapids, MN, and Seattle, WA, decided to adopt the change. The question is whether his voyage deserves a celebration. ” Footnotes. [1]