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Tens of Thousands of New Jobs, and One Worry: Robots

BlueYonder

This year alone, Amazon announced new fulfillment centers in Eastvale, Redlands, Fresno and most recently Sacramento, where the Seattle company said it would hire 1,500 workers. The post Tens of Thousands of New Jobs, and One Worry: Robots appeared first on Supply Chain Nation Blog.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

The vehicles have a range of up to 75 miles and primarily will deliver packages to customers in Sacramento, San Bernardino, Ceres, Fresno and Bakersfield. I expect to see many more blog postings, white papers, and press releases about this topic from software vendors and service providers in the days ahead. operations for UPS.

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California's Weather Impacts Truckload Capacity

DAT Solutions

Mark Montague's recent blog post Top Ten Freight Markets for Contract and Spot Freight , revealed that the key market areas of Ontario and Fresno, California made the list of 2016 Top 10 Reefer Markets for both contract and spot market freight. Shown are the key market areas (KMAs) in California.

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Advanced analytics meets social good: how Angel Flight West optimizes flight routes for families in need

AIMMS

Pilot Jim Pitman transporting children to a camp for burn survivors (1 from Mesquite Airport and 4 from Las Vegas Airport to Fresno Yosemite Airport). Yeah, I follow the blog of a mathematician named John Cook. Those are very touching examples. Can you tell us how optimization came to play a role in this work? Willem Jan van Hoeve.

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Advanced analytics meets social good: how Angel Flight West optimizes flight routes for families in need

AIMMS

Pilot Jim Pitman transporting children to a camp for burn survivors (1 from Mesquite Airport and 4 from Las Vegas Airport to Fresno Yosemite Airport). Yeah, I follow the blog of a mathematician named John Cook. Those are very touching examples. Can you tell us how optimization came to play a role in this work? Willem Jan van Hoeve.