Supply Chain Matters
APRIL 5, 2023
Supply Chain Matters highlights communication made by retailer Walmart regarding a significant bet on warehouse robotics having attractive operating profitability promise. This large retailer has expanded its capital expenditure budget to upwards of $20 billion in 2022. The report indicates that the retailer’s 1.4
Supply Chain Matters
JULY 14, 2022
battery production site for Panasonic, and completion of Series D funding round for on demand warehousing provider Flex e. Tesla itself continues plans to ramp-up the newly opened Austin, Texas EV assembly facility, and plans to include different battery technology than that produced at the Nevada Gigafactory facility.
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Enterra Insights
JUNE 30, 2022
”[5] Austin Becker, a maritime infrastructure resilience scholar at the University of Rhode Island, told Leslie, the pandemic is “a temporary problem,” while climate change is “long-term dire” problem. ” • Conduct a comprehensive assessment of each site’s risks. ” • Think beyond your own sites.
Talking Logistics
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
7-Eleven builds logistics business with store, warehouse network (ABS-CBN News). In a letter to UPS , Sean O’Brien, director of the Teamsters’ national package division, writes: In short, we have no intention of permitting [UPS] to utilize seasonal employees to transport ground packages in their own vehicles.
Logistics Viewpoints
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
Warehouse demand undeterred by economic turbulence in third quarter. The company has spent nearly a decade pursuing founder Jeff Bezos’ vision of autonomous drones that can deliver a package weighing less than 5 pounds as little as 30 minutes after a customer places an order. Rail strike could cost economy billions.
Multichannel Merchant
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
With (founder and CEO Austin Oehlerking) and Boxbot, we saw a team that used their knowledge and relationships to identify an opportunity at the last mile where there was technology that could solve a real problem,” Peretz said. Richard Peretz, a partner at Playground Global and the retired CFO of UPS, will join the Boxbot board.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
The companies said Wednesday that the collaboration will use Ford Escape hybrids with Argo AI technology for Walmart deliveries in Miami, the District of Columbia and Austin, Texas. The jobs include full and part-time positions, such as package handlers and drivers.
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