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Zipline Adds Drone Delivery for GNC, Two Other Clients

Multichannel Merchant

Drone delivery provider Zipline is adding three new clients including health and wellness retailer GNC, pharmaceutical logistics firm Associated Couriers and Seattle-based eatery Pagliacci Pizza, expanding its footprint and building on its success delivering vaccines in Africa during the pandemic and working with retail giant Walmart.

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Additional Calls for a Management Shake-Up at Boeing

Supply Chain Matters

The report notes that Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary openly shared: “ some of the most pointed comments since the firm recently revealed that its 777X widebody won’t arrive until 2025 and that the short haul 737 Max 10 may suffer long delays if it misses a key certification deadline.”.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon said the development center in Helsinki will work alongside Amazon staff at the Amazon Scout R&D lab in Seattle, as well as teams in Tubingen, Germany, and Cambridge. As early as 2025, at least 50 percent of new Porsches sold will include an electric drive.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon to double Europe EV fleet by 2025. Amazon will rent the planes from Seattle-based lessor Altavair, which is sending the used passenger aircraft to Airbus’ maintenance and overhaul partner to be remodeled for carrying cargo containers. It expects to grow its fleet to more than 10,000 vans by 2025.

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Report That Boeing to Slash Finance Management, HR and Other Staff Jobs

Supply Chain Matters

The report noted that Boeing’s aim is to target a monthly production rate of 50 single aisle aircraft per month in the 2025/2026 time period and that plans were being communicated to suppliers, customers and labor unions to take the necessary steps to create this fourth production line. Thus, Boeing ’s actions should not be unexpected.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

The initiative supports Nestle’s plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, starting with the goal of sourcing 20 percent of ingredients from regenerative farmland by 2025 and 50 percent of ingredients from the same by 2030. The Seattle-based giant emitted 71.27 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2022, down 0.4

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

States and cities like Seattle are severely restricting use of driver contractors in port drayage and car services like Uber and Grubhub. million workers short of needs by 2025 -- an estimate issued three years before the current economic surge. Package delivery companies are prime targets as well.