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Competing in a diverse parcel market

Cathy Roberson

Meanwhile, FedEx reported that overall revenue for the quarter ending February 29 declined 2.3% Including ninety-six Fortune 100 companies such as Intel and Citi, as well as organizations like Johns Hopkins University, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and the United Service Organizations, and U.S. I wear a number of hats these days.

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Logistics in the City

Enterra Insights

Studies have shown that ridesharing services add to traffic congestion in cities and, increasingly, thanks to consumers using the digital path to purchase, delivery vehicles are creating all sorts of problems. Calvert reports some cities, like New York, are trying to encourage the use of cargo bikes. They’re not.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon said the development center in Helsinki will work alongside Amazon staff at the Amazon Scout R&D lab in Seattle, as well as teams in Tubingen, Germany, and Cambridge. New aircraft purchases are focused around twinjets such as the Boeing 767 and 777. It’s actually causing us and others to not run production.

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Omnichannel Logistics Solutions Takes the Supply Chain To The Next Level

GlobalTranz

However, their use felt some restraint, and most companies used them to track large-scale shipments, such as cargo containers, reports Claire Swedbery of the RFID Journal. AIDC communications reduced workload , making tracking items and using analytics easier than ever. of the WIOMAX SmartIoT Blog.

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Organized Retail Crime is Growing, Losses up 7% from Last Year

Material Handling & Logistics

A National Retail Federation report found that 92% of companies surveyed had been a victim of organized retail crime in the past year. The report found that 92% of companies surveyed had been a victim of ORC in the past year and that 71% said ORC incidents were increasing. The number was down from 40% last year and 44% the year before.

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

According to their 2017 annual report, over a quarter of Amazon’s third-party sales (which represent half of Amazon’s sales) are cross-border. Amazon’s trucking fleet is expanding rapidly; it launched in 2005 with the purchase of thousands of trailers used to shift goods between fulfillment centers. Team Analysis.

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Are We Losing Our Jobs to Robots? Each 1 Costs 6 Jobs, a New Study Says

BlueYonder

Each 1 costs 6 jobs, a new study says. jobs within a commuting zone where local people travel to work, Recode reports. The study was produced by the economists Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo, who used a model where robots and humans competed against each other. Are we losing our job to robots? Wal-Mart Stores Inc.