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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 A New Market Seeks to Draw Freight Bets (WSJ – sub. For Power Tools Sold In Iran. Trucking Futures Trading: Are You Buying?

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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. Hunter has worked at Loadsmart for one and a half years now as VP or Product Management.

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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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Sara White @SupplyPike Sara White is the Marketing Coordinator for SupplyPike , a supply chain software solutions startup in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Customers also require forecast models that closely match actual sales. Demand plans must be intuitive and cohesive, as well as more fluid than a simple forecast model.