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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

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Amazon plans to build delivery robot tech in Finland. Amazon has announced that it plans to develop new technology for its autonomous delivery vehicles in Helsinki, Finland. Roughly the size of a small cooler, Amazon Scout vehicles can transport small packages along sidewalks at walking pace. Descartes acquires GreenMile.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 9 – 15)

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The Hummingbird has made hundreds of thousands of deliveries in Dallas suburbs, Virginia, Australia and Finland. The facility is part of a broader initiative to add more capacity into Walmart’s supply chain as the retailer prepares for growth. across the US, the research firm said Tuesday. That’s all for this week.

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The New Significance of a Logistics Strategy: Role, Success factors, and Integration

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Trusted tools for planning and control of the supply chain and individual locations are used – for the point of sale, the warehouse and for transport. The consequences are expensive for several possible reasons: Holding on to reserve capacities. In the past few years, however, automation in warehouses has become even more relevant.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

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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. Customers in Singapore will also benefit from increased European inbound capacity. East/Gulf Coast ports were up 40.3

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3 Uses of IoT Tech Spurring Sustainability in Supply Chains

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The transportation of goods is one of the greatest contributors to worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. We'll thus be able to avoid delays, the buildup of excess materials where they're not wanted and underutilized capacity: all factors that can cause energy wastage. billion tons of oil in 2011, worth approximately $743 billion.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3-7, 2018)

Talking Logistics

While you think about it (the answer is posted below), here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: project44 Acquires GateHouse Logistics, Creating World’s Most Comprehensive Global Transportation Visibility Platform. Alphabet’s Wing is launching a free 10-minute drone delivery trial in Finland (The Verge).