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Walmart Looks to Expand Drone Deliveries to Five Cities

Supply Chain Brain

As part of its partnership with drone company Wing, the retail giant intends to bring drone deliveries to Houston, Tampa, Orlando, Atlanta and Charlotte by June of 2026, and will expand existing services in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Truce Ocean Transportation Digital Edition SupplyChainBrain 2025 ESG Guide: Is ESG Still Relevant?

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Ship OGRE continues expansion, growth and innovation to transform logistics

Freight Waves

DALLAS, May 20th, 2025 – Ship OGRE (OGRE), a pioneering force in brokerage and logistics technology, is proud to announce the successful acquisition, transformation, and tech-acceleration of Amino Transport, Inc. Freight brokers, transportation companies, and the end customer—including our customers’ customers—enjoy the benefits.

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Smart Cities won’t be Smart if They Ignore Logistics

Enterra Insights

For example, urban planners in Charlotte, NC, have “designated a 60-acre, 50-square block area as a place for modern, urban redesign, dubbed the North Tryon Vision Plan. When transportation is discussed, it often focuses on moving people rather than goods. We can’t put all of the blame on city planners and politicians.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail.

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Advantages of Basing Your Distribution Center in North Carolina

Kanban Logistics

The state is also ranked #5 in GlobalTrade Magazine’s “ Best States for Manufacturing.” Here’s why: In terms of output, North Carolina is the second-largest food and beverage manufacturer in the U.S., Total manufacturing output was over $103 billion in 2018. have opened major manufacturing facilities.

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Logistics helps North Carolina Reach CNBC Best State Status Again

Kanban Logistics

That extends to logistics as NC has lower costs for industrial space, lower labor costs, and lower transportation costs (i.e., million square feet of warehouse space to support the distribution of products to manufacturers and retailers. Lower logistics costs: As noted by FORBES , North Carolina ranks #4 in the U.S.

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Beyond The Data with William Sandoval

The Logistics of Logistics

I’m based out of Charlotte, North Carolina, which is a beautiful part of the country. Eventually, I moved into manufacturing. As a manufacturer, it is giving the customer recommendations of things they could do to prevent something from happening or address the situation through some level of action. That is great.