Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
We have all seen the math, and even with her concert in Tokyo on February 10, she still has time to get to Las Vegas for kickoff thanks to the magic of the international date line. In a strange twist, all the parking spaces for private planes in Las Vegas are currently booked, according to the Associated Press.
Cathy Roberson
AUGUST 24, 2022
(photo credit: depositphotos.com) According to consulting firm McKinsey, funding for logistics startups almost doubled in 2021 compared to 2020. In total, McKinsey estimates that $80 billion in funding was made in logistics startups in 2021. New to RLA’s annual conference will be a reverse logistics startup competition.
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Cathy Roberson
JANUARY 9, 2023
The biggest retail challenges from the NRF and Appriss survey include the following: Self-service returns Damaged returns or policy abuse Re-processing goods at a warehouse on digital returns Indeed, a lot of work still needs to be done in reverse logistics. Tompkins Robotics – Expanded its reverse logistics capabilities in 2018.
Cathy Roberson
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets on Air Cargo Next. Heading to Las Vegas next week? Catch me at the Reverse Logistics Association’s conference and the week after that at the Aircargo Conference. I wear a number of hats these days.
Talking Logistics
MAY 13, 2016
The Hyperloop and drones headlined this week’s supply chain and logistics news, so let’s go straight to it: Hyperloop One Accelerates Toward Future With High-Speed Test (WSJ – sub. 73-hour, seven-day workweek limit set by Senate panel for truck drivers (Logistics Management). America’s infrastructure $1.44
Logistics Viewpoints
JUNE 16, 2023
Congratulations to the Las Vegas Golden Knights and Denver Nuggets. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Humanoid robots are on their way to warehouses as companies start to move beyond the disembodied arms, moving trays and other machines aimed at speeding up logistics operations. That’s all for this week.
The Network Effect
JANUARY 29, 2016
” More specifically, the Hyperloop is an open source transportation system, consisting of a closed tube loop that carries passengers or cargo in a capsule floating on a cushion of air at supersonic speeds. Musk also claims the Hyperloop “can never crash.” Musk plans to build a test track in Texas.
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