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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

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She also said the company planned to ask workers to return to the office five days a week in 2024. A factory in Suzhou was the company’s main manufacturing site for its semiconductor test equipment, which it subcontracted to Flextronics. United Airlines – the largest of the three in terms of cargo volumes – registered a 31.1

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

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Last night, I took my 13-year-old son to see the movie Air, which tells the story of how Nike pursued basketball rookie Michael Jordan in 1984 to sign with the company. Last month, the company released its third annual “Brand Protection Report” and said it disposed of over 6 million counterfeit goods in 2022. Inventories at U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 9 – 15)

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Long Beach, LA ports set June cargo records. Google’s parent company) subsidiary named Wing has developed a fleet of new drone prototypes designed to more efficiently deliver packages ranging from small pill bottles to items weighing as much as 7 pounds. The influx of cargo is due to several reasons, according to port officials.

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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

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Many companies have begun testing autonomous delivery bots in cities and on college campuses. For many of these companies, however, the term “autonomous” may be a little bit misleading. Over the last two years, investors have pumped more than $8 billion into autonomous delivery companies.

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The Race for Last Mile Drones

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However, more and more companies are exploring the use of last mile drones, hoping to bring down the cost of deliveries while improving customer service. Wing is a subsidiary of Alphabet, the holding company for Google and Waymo. Here are six last mile drones to be on the lookout for, in no particular order.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 26 – September 1)

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Walmart is expanding its commitment to drone delivery with the addition of Wing, an on-demand provider powered by Google’s parent company Alphabet, as one of its partners. In the coming months, the service will be offered from two stores in the Dallas metro area. year-over-year decline, processing 684,290 20-foot-equivalent containers.

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The Best Supply Chain Conferences of 2019

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Dates: May 7 – 10, 2019 in Dallas, TX The JDA Focus conference is one of the largest conferences to take place in the DFW metroplex. Also, participating companies increase brand recognition and can open doors to new supply chain systems and management styles to improve their operations.