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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. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has suspended bookings for super vessels through Sept. 30 in its latest measure to remove a drought-related backlog waiting to traverse the canal.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 25-29, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Seattle startup Flexe pulls in $14 million from investors (The Seattle Times). In other technology news, Freightos announced “the launch of the world’s first online marketplace for international freight, providing instant comparison, booking, and management of freight services from multiple logistics providers.” Annual Imports.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 2-6, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Amazon’s robot army grows by 50 percent (The Seattle Times). Maersk, Alibaba team up to offer online booking of ship places (Reuters). Amazon patents show flying warehouses that send delivery drones to your door (TechCrunch). Uber Freight Just Launched and Trucking Will Never Be the Same (Inverse).

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How E-Commerce Is Reinventing the Humble Warehouse

MIT Supply Chain

Impact on cityscapes As I describe in my new book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19 , the changing face of warehousing is helping to change the face of cities. A Seattle startup, FLEXE, has gone a step further by creating what amounts to the Airbnb of warehousing.

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Webinar Q&A: Answers to 8 Common Freight Market Questions

CH Robinson Transportfolio

As such, vessels for ocean capacity between Asia and the United States are expected to remain fully booked for most/all of 2021. It is not clear yet what 2022 bookings look like. Now, this congestion is spreading to Oakland, Vancouver, and Seattle ports. Currently, nearly 100% of all ocean capacity is in rotation.

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8 Examples of Kanban in Lean Manufacturing

Unleashed

Catmull mentions in his book Creativity Inc. By using a high-level Kanban board and lean manufacturing principles, the company was able to ensure that each team worked on its part of the film to completion before passing it down to the next team, and so on. Meanwhile, everyone could see what others were working on through the board.

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Amazon Shakes Up the Omni-Channel Supply Chain – Again

Kinaxis

An homage to their roots, Amazon Books in Seattle, Washington appears to be very much like your average bookstore. Credited with starting the shift away from traditional retail outlets, Amazon is now beginning to buck the very trend they created. They opened their first physical location in November.