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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

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In this situation, an autonomous vehicle brings a package to a customer’s house, whereupon the customer enters a code and retrieves the package from a cargo hold. To date, the San Francisco-based company has done more than 3 million autonomous deliveries around the world. But this article will focus on the home delivery robots.

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The Race for Last Mile Drones

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The two designs, one that looks more like a small plane used by hobbyists and another with a big belly used for additional cargo space, were recently unveiled in a company blog post. Flytrex is based in the US and focuses on last mile drones for food delivery. Zipline has focused its last mile drones on the health and wellness sector.

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AB5 Protests, US Foods Focuses on Scope 3 Emissions, UPS 2Q Results

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US Foods Prioritizes Reducing Scope 3 Emissions. The logistics of food distribution are already complicated, yet US Foods is going the extra mile to collaborate with suppliers to track their Scope 3 emissions. Inflated trucking costs have impacted the global supply chain on top of air and ocean cargo. Orlando, Fla.;

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This Week in Logistics News (October 12-16, 2015)

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— In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… DSV agrees to acquire UTi Worldwide Inc. Port of Long Beach sees highest Q3 cargo volume in history (Cargo Business News). Furthermore, DSV will now be truly global within contract logistics and expand into road freight activities outside Europe.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 15-19, 2015)

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It’s the last Friday of school and my kids are showing off their work this morning, so as I fill my coffee mug and get ready for the walk to school, let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon’s Next Delivery Drone: You (WSJ – sub. The $50 Billion Question: Can Uber Deliver?

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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

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“Around 0600 Pacific Time Tuesday morning, multiple Waymo vehicles in San Francisco encountered very dense fog and determined they should pull over temporarily,” a company spokesperson said. And now on to this week’s logistics news. to smaller logistics operators scrambled to fill jobs at fulfillment centers.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 27 – December 1, 2017)

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The mad dash begins to finish all the work that needs to get done before 2018 arrives, so without delay, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: E-Commerce Boosts U.S. Produce or Else: Wal-Mart and Kroger Get Tough With Food Suppliers on Delays (WSJ – sub. How did we get here so fast?