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This Week in Logistics News (September 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

The offering was unveiled this week at Amazon Accelerate, a conference that drew about 2,000 online merchants to Seattle. Merchants can use the service, called Multi-Channel Distribution, to send inventory to warehouses run by other logistics providers, other online marketplaces and even to physical stores to be put on shelves.

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Reports of Convoy Winding Down Digital Freight Business

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights a breaking news development related to Seattle based trucking based Cloud platform provider Convoy. Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and other industry specific media are reporting that Seattle based digital freight start-up services provider Convoy is preparing for a possible sale or other action.

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Amazon Workers Walk Out and Demonstrate for Grievances with Management

Supply Chain Matters

Reporting by The Seattle Times, business broadcasting network CNBC , and statements from Amazon differ on the overall number of workers that participated. According to reporting from The Seattle Times , workers provided images of walkouts involving Brussels, Chicago, London, Miami , as well as offices in Virginia and Idaho.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech July 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

battery production site for Panasonic, and completion of Series D funding round for on demand warehousing provider Flex e. Seattle -based on-demand warehousing and logistics services provider Flexe announced that the company has raised $119 million in Series D equity funding and has now achieved a $1 billion plus valuation.

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Amazon’s Decision to Up Holiday Season Worker Needs- The Why

Supply Chain Matters

The company acknowledged that it overbuilt customer fulfillment capacity and aimed to sublet upwards of 10 million square feet or more of warehouse space. In the area of cost savings, Amazon points to discounts up to 25 percent on all cross-border transportation destined for a warehouse. All rights reserved.

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Report Indicates Workers at Samsung Electronics Seek Pay Bumps in Line with Company Financial Performance

Supply Chain Matters

Last October, Amazon incoming CEO Andy Jassy speaking at a tech industry summit held in Seattle , had indicated that there was more the company could do to treat employees better. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. Stay tuned for general availability announcement.

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Hidden ROI you need to know - Problem Prevention

Freight Plus

As part of our sales process, we typically engage with everyone in a prospect’s operation from the warehouse or logistics manager to the CFO of the company. The goal of this blog series is to outline some of the hidden benefits of working with a digital freight management company like Aborn & Co. Problem Prevention.