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This Week in Logistics News (August 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now for this week’s logistics news. The Alphabet-owned drone firm says the two offerings will cover a combined 60,000 homes in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. After negotiations broke down in early July, Atlanta-based UPS reached a tentative contract agreement with the Teamsters just days before an Aug.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2017

Talking Logistics

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. Conferences are a great example of peer-to-peer learning in action, but with so many supply chain and logistics conferences available, how do you decide which ones to attend?

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Countdown to Black Friday: Are You an Easy Target for Cargo Theft?

Talking Logistics

Be especially mindful in traditionally active cargo theft areas like Southern California, the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, Miami, and Atlanta. Leverage relationships with your third party logistics provider (3PL). Chris brings over 18 years of logistics industry experience.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. XPO Logistics to spin off freight brokerage. CEVA Logistics using self-driving trucks to move freight. The company already spun off its contract logistics business last year. Kodiak Robotics has been delivering freight between Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston since mid-2019.

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Organized Retail Crime is Growing, Losses up 7% from Last Year

Material Handling & Logistics

The top locations are 1) New York City; 2) Los Angeles; 3) Miami; 4) Chicago and Houston, tied; 5) San Francisco/Oakland; 6) Atlanta; 7) Baltimore; 8) Orlando; 9) northern New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and Arlington/Dallas/Fort Worth, tied; and 10) Fort Lauderdale and Seattle, tied.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news: McDonald’s is testing a new drive-thru concept. The company is testing a small-format restaurant in Fort Worth, TX, where the centerpiece is a conveyor system that delivers food to a mobile-order lane. Some retailers are learning to love bulked-up inventories.

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Storms and Rising Fuel Costs Put Pressure on Flatbed Rates

DAT Solutions

Transportation and logistics professionals are urged to contact the American Logistics Aid Network , if you can help provide trucks, trailers, or warehouse space. Atlanta to Nashville also crossed the $3 mark, at $3.03 Volumes have bounced back in Fort Worth , but the lane to Houston dropped to $2.27 FALLING LANES.