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This Week in Logistics News (September 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

Breakfast sausage, hot dogs and frozen chicken breasts from Tyson Foods are beginning to move autonomously on Gatik AI trucks in Northwest Arkansas. mile route from a small warehouse to a Walmart retail store in Bentonville, Arkansas. days for general cargo vessels. The three-year contract could expand nationwide.

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

Talking Logistics

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. 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

6 River Systems

Although there is an ample optimism regarding the benefits the logistics industry will enjoy in the coming years, I am convinced that this will only be possible when logistic managers start gathering and understanding the data needed to innovate. In 2019, gathering unique data will be more prominent in the brains of logistic companies.

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

6 River Systems

For example, this is especially true in food products where product innovation can be difficult because you’re ‘blocked’ from accessing the restaurants and kitchens using your products at the end of the supply chain. It’s not just this way in food, but also in many other industries. How to solve it?