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Package Theft Season is Here

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Package theft is on the rise as “porch pirates” continue to swipe packages from people’s doorsteps. The holiday season is the busiest time for package theft, as more and more items are delivered. For the 2023 holiday season alone, it is anticipated that between 850 million and 950 million packages will be delivered.

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U.S. Announces Samsung Electronics Incentives for Semiconductor Production

Supply Chain Matters

billion grant awarded to Taiwan based TSMC to build advanced semiconductor fab capabilities in Arizona. Further being planned is a chip-packaging facility that can support 3 -D packaging for high bandwidth memory (HBM) production needs. Commerce Department has awarded a $6.4 The move follows a $6.6

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MHI Annual Conference: Drone Applications in Supply Chain Beyond Package Delivery

PINC

"Commercial Drone Interest is Exploding, While Applications Inside and Outside the DC Are Here Now, before Package Delivery". I recently got back from sunny Tucson in Arizona where the MHI Annual Conference took place. During 2 days, I attended several sessions, talked to numerous people, and learned a lot.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 21 – 27)

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households across six states – Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia. Once a customer places an order, the item is fulfilled from the store, packaged, loaded into the drone and delivered right to their yard using a cable that gently lowers the package. Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,

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UPS Strike Averted While Workers Gain Heat Protection

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Two fans would also be installed in package cars, which make up most of the company’s 93,000-vehicle fleet. Existing and newly purchased package cars would be fitted with air induction vents to alleviate extreme temperatures in the back of the vehicles where cargo is loaded and unloaded.

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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

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In this situation, an autonomous vehicle brings a package to a customer’s house, whereupon the customer enters a code and retrieves the package from a cargo hold. Nuro has partnered with Dominos, Kroger, Walmart, Chipotle, FedEx, and 7-Eleven and has been piloting its technology in Texas, Arizona, and California.

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5 Reasons Ecommerce Companies Fail with Paige Fitzgerald

The Logistics of Logistics

Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, earning dual degrees in Marketing and Management with a certificate in International Business. About Paige Fitzgerald. Paige Fitzgerald is the sales and marketing coordinator at Fulfyld. Paige studied at Barret, the Honors College, and the W.

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