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This Week in Logistics News (December 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Some mornings I would ride my rocket ship, evading asteroids and alien cruisers along the way, and I would barely make it to school on time (I mean, the space station), with just enough fuel to make a safe landing. Announces Cloud-Based Marketplace Services and Platform Innovations. R2 Freight & Logistics, Inc.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Dale Rogers, a business professor at Arizona State, gave a presentation with his son Zachary Rogers, a business professor at Colorado State, during which they said that winter-holiday returns in the United States are now worth more than $300 billion a year. “So The winner paid $925, shipping not included.

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Will Startups Disrupt the Trucking Distribution Model?

GTG Technology Group

The global vice president of research and mobility at Frost & Sullivan stated that trucking is not the most optimized industry, and, as such, it leaves huge openings for innovators to make changes. One such innovator is the San Francisco startup Otto – an automation company recently purchased by Uber.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Same-day delivery is not currently available in Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming, and delivery of orders containing alcohol is currently limited to select stores in Illinois and Florida. The largest U.S.

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3 Digital Disruptions to the Trucking Industry

GTG Technology Group

The automation start-up company Otto transported 2,000 cases of Budweiser 120 miles from Fort Collins, CO, to Colorado Springs – all without a driver behind the wheel. This disruptive digital innovation will forever change the way trucking operates – but it doesn’t have to mean the end of thousands of trucking careers.

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21 logistics experts share the most important ingredients in developing an effective logistics strategy

6 River Systems

Statista found that 73 percent of buyers and users of freight transportation and logistics services say the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on their logistics and supply chain operations. This strategy particularly applies to international shipping, where rates vary wildly. for low-cost visibility.