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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

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In the early morning hours of April 26, at approximately 1:35am, a cargo ship leaving Baltimore Harbor struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, triggering a catastrophic collapse of the 1.6-mile-long The locations are equipped to process a prescription “within a matter of minutes rather than hours or days,” the company said.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 9 – 15)

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And while the company touted upgrades such as better cameras, better processors, and smaller borders around the screen, the big news was the charging port. The new version of the iPhone will drop the company’s proprietary Lightning port in favor of European-mandated USB-C ports. days for general cargo vessels.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 25-29, 2019)

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Inside Google’s Rebooted Robotics Program (New York Times) Transplace Invests in New Operations Center in Northwest Arkansas Black & Decker Fined $1.8M Multi-year and global” typically implies risky and costly, which is the opposite of what most companies want to invest in these days. For Power Tools Sold In Iran.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

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RFID tags and robotic warehouse systems generate and transmit data that, when combined with other data sources, allow companies to optimize the supply chain and make better predictions and forecasts to improve efficiency and boost the bottom line. In 2019, gathering unique data will be more prominent in the brains of logistic companies.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 11 – 17)

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The company is also working on a forthcoming R2 model and is in need of cash. Rivian spokeswoman Marina Norville said in a statement the company’s relationship with Amazon has and continues to be a positive one. Amazon Air’s network is starting to look more like the hub-centric models of air cargo giants FedEx and UPS.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 2 – 8)

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Earlier this week, the company announced that as chicken meat becomes more expensive and harder to find, it will once again partner with Impossible Foods to pilot meatless nuggets in several markets, making it the first fast-food chain to offer the company’s new chicken alternative. The company increased rates by an average of 4.9

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24 supply chain experts & business leaders reveal the #1 challenge of supply chain management (and how to solve it)

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The pandemic crisis had global ramifications felt throughout the entire supply chain, from raw materials to finished products, and for many companies, building the resiliency needed to weather such storms has become the #1 challenge of supply chain management. How viable are they themselves as a company?