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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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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.” 3] Daphne Ewing-Chow, “ Combining Artificial Intelligence With Urban Farming Can Be A Game Changer for Developing Countries ,” Forbes , 1 September 2019. [4] ” Footnotes. [1]

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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. Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017 : exoskeletons, autonomous forklifts, flying warehouses, last-mile delivery, and more. Media Type.

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Logistics Market Stays Flat as May Begins

Zipline Logistics

The ISM I ndex contracted in April after going up in January from its low at the EOY 2019. Warehouses in New Jersey and New York are reopening in the next 30 days. Seattle is becoming a more favorable market for carriers to head to with rejection rates increasing a bit. . mostly due to consumer goods consumption. .

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This Week in Logistics News (November 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

Operators of warehouses, trucking fleets and other freight businesses say they are paring their payroll growth as the supply-chain disruptions that led to tens of thousands of new jobs recede. The Seattle dispute pits the International Longshore and Warehouse Union against the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

Market fulfillment centers are a compact, modular warehouse built inside or added to a store, which, in addition to fresh and frozen items, can store thousands of other items. Walmart began piloting its first market fulfillment center in Salem, NH in 2019 and recently announced it is planning dozens of locations, with many more to come.

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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. Today, there are many top 3PL warehousing companies that handle warehousing, fulfillment, logistics and distribution services for companies of all sizes. Revenue: €63.3 billion/$72.43 Kuehne + Nagel Inc. Kuehne + Nagel Inc.