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Breaking- Report of CFO Firing at Flexport

Supply Chain Matters

Business broadcasting network CNBC reported today that San Francisco based freight technology start-up Flexport has fired its CFO. In addition to the CFO , the company’s human resource executive reportedly resigned.

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Zipline Adds Drone Delivery for GNC, Two Other Clients

Multichannel Merchant

By 2025, Zipline states, it will be operating more flights than most major U.S. The company was founded in 2014 in San Francisco and made its first flights delivering blood in Rwanda in 2016.

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The (Delayed) Rise of the Robotaxi

QAD

As of this February, it has also launched public taxi services within specific areas of San Francisco. 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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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

The World Economic Forum estimates that by 2025, 15 percent of trucking will be via shared transport platforms and shared warehousing will comprise 20 percent of the market. The business consulting company estimates that between 2013 and 2025, shared economy revenue will increase by a whopping 2,133 percent. Car sharing.

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Ten Supply Chain Predictions for 2023

NC State SCRC

For instance, a large apparel brand requested about 20 of their largest textile mills (many in Pakistan, Singapore, China, and other regions) to travel all the way to San Francisco for a “Vendor Summit”. GM has committed to 30 new electric vehicles by 2025.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 28 – February 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

It remains the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy, with a plan of powering its operations with 100 percent renewable energy by 2025 – a full five years ahead of its original target. Earlier this week, San Francisco-based vertical farming company Plenty Unlimited Inc. That’s all for this week.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

The research arm of San Francisco-based real estate investment trust Prologis Inc said in a report issued Wednesday the pandemic has “forever altered” the landscape for logistics real estate. According to my latest omni-channel research, more than 42 percent of respondents are using drop shipping to fulfill last mile deliveries.