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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

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This year, with the LA Rams being Super Bowl champs, Good360 said it will ship thousands of “unsellable” Bengals-branded hats, T-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, COVID-19 masks, and scarves to struggling people in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East. New wave of contracts will lock in much higher shipping rates.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

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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. Warehouse Automation. Content Summary: Honeywell and Carnegie Mellon Partner to Bring AI to the Warehouse.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 29 – August 4)

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The center, known as YXU1, will see employees work alongside robotics technology to pick, pack and ship up to 750,000 items a day. Walmart dangled first-year truck driver salaries of up to $110,000 and a 12-week training program for its Walmart and Sam’s Club store and warehouse workers. that were returned to Tesco by consumers.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

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Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. Following a March 2022 surge of Covid-19 in Shanghai, shipping company A.P. Automotive News Europe ). In response to the Ukraine invasion, Europe’s wholesale gas price surged by 69%. Accenture ). McKinsey ).

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This Week in Logistics News (January 8 – 14)

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Robots are everywhere these days, from warehouses to stores to even restaurants. FedEx warns of shipping delays as Omicron hurts staffing levels. JD.com opens robotic shops in Europe. Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has made a lot of news over the last few years with its push for automated warehouses and delivery services.

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Is Saint-Gobain Serious About Reducing Their Carbon Footprint?

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However, their carbon reduction goals for their value chain operations for 2030 will not be changed. The 2030 roadmap is targeting a reduction in CO2 emissions of 33% for scopes 1 and 2, and of 16% for scope 3, versus 2017 ( definition for scopes 1, 2, and 3 ). Fewer miles traveled means less emissions. Can trucks be filled more fully?

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This Week in Logistics News (May 13 – 19)

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The Locus Origin AMRs will be fully deployed in multiple of DHL Supply Chain’s 1,500 warehouses and distribution centers by the end of the year, according to a press release. DHL Supply Chain is once again expanding its fulfillment automation agreement with Locus Robotics, this time pledging to deploy 5,000 autonomous mobile robots worldwide.