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How Ecommerce Brands Are Helping Fight COVID-19 (Coronavirus) + Resources for Those in Need

ShipBob

They will deliver free, fresh salads and bowls to hospitals in the cities they serve: DC Area, Philadelphia, Boston, NYC, SF, LA, Chicago, and Houston. Sweetgreen is offering free meals to healthcare workers and first responders in the coming days. Submit your hospital here. Free scrubs: Figs.

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Investing in Manufacturing Innovation & Competitiveness: Will the next Silicon Valley be located in the United States?

GlobalTranz

We stand on the fact that manufacturers must continue to make smart investments more in technology to stay more efficient, such as the use of 3PLs for better transportation management to reduce costs which often make up 4 to 5% of total revenue. appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon showed off its next-generation drone at a recent event near Boston to highlight the future of delivery. The 80-pound hexagon-shaped aircraft, about 5½ feet in diameter, is nimble enough to make deliveries in highly populated areas such as Boston, Atlanta and Seattle. The largest U.S. This year, Union Pacific Corp.

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East and West Coast Ports to Battle for U.S. Region After Panama Canal Expansion

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Houston and New Orleans-Gulfport. These observations were made in the white paper by Boston Consulting Group and C.H. Source: Boston Consulting Group. These ports are located relatively close to the battleground region and near rail routes to major markets. Neutral or Unclear: Baltimore, Miami, and other East Coast ports.

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East and West Coast Ports to Battle for U.S. Region After Panama Canal Expansion

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Houston and New Orleans-Gulfport. These observations were made in the white paper by Boston Consulting Group and C.H. Source: Boston Consulting Group. These ports are located relatively close to the battleground region and near rail routes to major markets. Neutral or Unclear: Baltimore, Miami, and other East Coast ports.

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29 warehouse & automation experts share insights on how warehouse robots will impact industry employment

6 River Systems

If you ask anyone who has worked in a warehouse after a long shift, they’re generally appreciative of all the assistive technology that makes it easier to reach, pickup and transport objects, whether they are autonomous or not. How would this flow down through transportation? Existing technology? New technology? Supply chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Marten Transport Ltd. Shippers are under enormous pressure to cut transportation costs and seem not to be satisfied with the massive fuel surcharge reductions racked up over the past year and a half.”. WTO: Trade growth to remain subdued in 2016 as uncertainties weigh on global demand. Analysts at Stifel Inc. Hub Group Inc.,