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This Week in Logistics News (July 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

What does this have to do with logistics you ask? And now on to this week’s logistics news: Alphabet’s Wing Develops Fleet of New Drones for More Efficient Package Delivery. The Hummingbird has made hundreds of thousands of deliveries in Dallas suburbs, Virginia, Australia and Finland. That’s all for this week.

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The Race for Last Mile Drones

Logistics Viewpoints

The company has developed a fleet of last mile drones for small package delivery in the US, Australia, and Finland. The two new prototypes are both based on the Hummingbird, which Wing says can carry about 2 pounds and has made hundreds of thousands of deliveries in Dallas suburbs, Virginia, Australia, and Finland.

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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

Vanderlande is a member of Toyota Industries Corporation within the Toyota Advanced Logistics Group. The company has a long history and a strong presence in parcel center automation, including sites for major providers such as DHL , UPS, FedEx, TNT, Australia Post, and others. TGW is especially well-established in the EMEA region.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In respect to logistics and transport something remarkable happened at COP26. The initiatives launched at COP26 will significantly reshape the transport and logistics ecosystem, its fleets, its infrastructure and its practices. COP26 has received more attention than previous summits.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The two new prototypes are both based on the Hummingbird, which Wing says can carry about 2 pounds and has made hundreds of thousands of deliveries in Dallas suburbs, Virginia, Australia, and Finland. In the next 40 years, the answer is (most likely) a definitive no.

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3 Uses of IoT Tech Spurring Sustainability in Supply Chains

GlobalTranz

But perhaps the most far-reaching changes will center around the use of large data systems to drive sustainability in logistics and supply chains. Driverless”, autonomous vehicles are already in use across both the public and private sector, and are set to dramatically transform the logistic industry as they hit the road in greater numbers.

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The Key Coffee Industry Trends For 2021 & Beyond

Unleashed

Europe is the seat of coffee’s power across the world, although the UK itself only makes up a small portion of this market (compared to the likes of Finland, where consumers drink about four times as much coffee as the UK). Australia is a huge coffee-drinking nation despite its British tea-drinking origins. Market size: US$1.2

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