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This Week in Logistics News (August 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

The Alphabet-owned drone firm says the two offerings will cover a combined 60,000 homes in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. According to the International Federation of Robotics, North America is the second largest market for new robot installations with 41,000 robots installed across the U.S.

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Texas: It Ain’t Bragging, If It’s True with Jason Giulietti

The Logistics of Logistics

The San Marcos area is booming and many think the city is on a path to becoming America’s next great metropolis. . The Texas Triangle , which is the area between Dallas / Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio already has more people that 46 states and it is growing fast. About Jason Giulietti.

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List of Top 7 Supply Chain Management Scholarships

SCMDOJO

The program targets high school seniors from minority groups residing in Texas and Fort Worth. In addition, you must be a permanent resident of the United States of America and have a minimum GPA of 2.5. However, you must be enrolled in a bachelor’s degree in transport or any area of logistics.

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Supply Chain Market Report – July 2022

Elementum

Earlier this year, Walgreens Boots Alliance expanded their drone delivery pilot from Christiansburg, Virginia to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, reaching 100,000 customers. Previously Mr. Echevarria was the CEO of VVF Americas. They forecast that this will cover 4 million US households and enable 1 million packages to be delivered.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2017

Talking Logistics

although some are in Europe, South America, and Asia. Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) Conference , April 30 – May 3, Fort Worth, TX. Editor’s Note: This is one of the most popular posts we publish every year: our list of supply chain and logistics events to attend in the coming year.

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Year Ends On A High – Air Freights Stay High, Ocean Rates Rise: Freight Rate Update W51

Freightos

Most US airlines canceled 7-10 scheduled flights coming in from China between December 22-30, especially those going to Los Angeles, O’Hare and Dallas-Fort Worth. Last week, we saw Hong Kong to Europe going for $21/kg, and Europe to South America at $26/kg. Europe-South America Atlantic. Europe-South America Pacific.

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REPOST: Why Chattanooga is the Silicon Valley of Trucking with Craig Fuller

The Logistics of Logistics

He also is a trucking industry veteran, having founded and managed the Xpress Direct division of US Xpress Enterprises, the largest provider of on-demand trucking services in North America. They founded Access America, and it grew to about $600 million in revenue in 2014. FreightWaves started in Fort Worth, Texas, but we moved here.