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Retailers turn toward private fleets

Cathy Roberson

Transportation probably has never had a higher visibility and importance within companies," Gary Petty, president of the National Private Truck Council , told the publication FleetOwner. We launched this into the Phoenix market in Q1 2022, and we'll look to scale this in 2022.

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Contracts, Cancellations, and Closures: Persistent Trends Leave a Pre-Peak Season Logistics Industry on Edge

Intelligent Audit

However, transportation management experts caution logistics providers not to get too excited. Experts Weigh-In on Peak Season 2022. SupplyChainDive, in their recent analysis of a 2022 study by logistics provider Descartes, reported that, “ U.S. Despite High-Profile Retail Cancellations, U.S. imports totaled 2.53 As the U.P.S.

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The (Delayed) Rise of the Robotaxi

QAD

This is the future of transportation—but when will it arrive? . Waymo – Belonging to the tech mogul Google, Waymo has been offering the public driverless lifts within certain Phoenix neighborhoods since October 2020 and has now opened selective access to their robotaxis in San Francisco. .

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Saving Minutes Can Save Millions

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Some of these tools will be put to the test during what’s expected to be a busy holiday season , a year after a meltdown that stranded thousands of passengers at the end of 2022. of American’s flights arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival times, which the Transportation Department considers on time.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

And while a new year has donned, the same supply chain issues and trends continue to unfold as we enter 2022. This number should increase significantly in 2022, as forecasts see the market exceeding $100 billion. Click and collect isn’t the only service Walmart is ramping up in 2022. Welcome back!

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De-carbonizing the Economy

Enterra Insights

In a previous article, I discussed why I believe the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will spark decades of innovation in the area of climate change.[1] Those became the main means of transportation.” … As your industry gets transformed by the energy transition, will you go the way of the dodo, or will you be a phoenix?”