NC State SCRC

JUNE 5, 2019

The rise of Amazon and other e-commerce companies has increased the need for warehouse space by retailers seeking to expand their digital operations and cut delivery times. In the past, companies typically used a single national distribution center, with a 3 day BIC delivery time, and 5 day average shipment time.

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FLEXE

MAY 20, 2016

This strategic shift in the industry requires that companies expand outside of the largest or most obvious markets to establish new facilities in their expanding warehouse network. But there are many other areas around the country that move companies to their customers and provide a number of other advantages.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

At the beginning of the year, the global chip shortage had become so dire that large industrial companies were taking scarce chips out of washing machines to plug them into industrial modules. The restaurant features what the company calls an Order Ahead Lane, which serves mobile-order customers their food through a conveyor system.

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Multichannel Merchant

APRIL 14, 2022

A November study by Georgia Tech commissioned by Ryder found that a regional autonomous middle mile hub network, based on data from Ryder’s dedicated transportation network in the Southeast, could reduce costs between 29% and 40%. “You can do things you normally can’t with a driver,” Van Hentenryck said.

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FLEXE

MAY 12, 2016

This strategic shift in the industry requires that companies expand outside of the largest or most obvious markets to establish new facilities in their expanding warehouse network.</p> But there are many other areas around the country that move companies to their customers and provide a number of other advantages.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 27, 2020

Craig and his company, FreightWaves is one of the reasons, Chattanooga is called the Silicon Valley of Trucking. SaaS product, SONAR, is the leading freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2022

Trucking, warehousing, and parcel-delivery companies added a combined 32,900 jobs last month, according to seasonally adjusted preliminary employment figures the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, down from 44,700 jobs added in April. Courier and messenger companies added 1,900 jobs in May, down sharply from the nearly 15,000 jobs added in April.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2019

[01:04] Tell us a little bit about you and your company. I grew up in a trucking family and worked in my dad’s company. Investors are shocked that we pay our employees about the same as companies in Silicon Valley. This created a lot of trucking companies. [35:41] 03:50] Your content at FreightWaves is so insightful.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

American Airlines last year started using new technology to assign flight gates at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, the world’s second-busiest airport and American’s biggest hub, where it operates out of 135 regional and mainline gates. Many of the improvements are being made behind the scenes.

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Saddle Creek Logistic Services

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

She joined the company as part of the Management Trainee Program back in 2010 and has earned frequent promotions, contributing to the company in four different locations. Today, she serves as Director of Fulfillment, based in Fort Worth, T.X., Today, she serves as Director of Fulfillment, based in Fort Worth, T.X.,

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DAT Solutions

MAY 2, 2017

Higher international natural gas prices have led companies to convert the gas to its liquid form (LNG) and export it. And while some parts are small enough to be transported in dry vans, the big stuff—blades, towers, and the turbines that turn the blades—require flatbeds for transport.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 14, 2018

The state also is home to the Fort Worth Alliance Airport, which is a public-use airport located 14 miles north of downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Louisiana’s transportation infrastructure includes: · Six interstate highways. It is the world's first purely industrial airport. · Six deepwater ports.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

Kuebix Surpasses 10,000 Companies Using Its Transportation Management System (TMS). to further explore concepts and technologies related to urban air mobility (UAM) to ensure a safe and efficient system for future air transportation in populated areas.” Rail, One of the Transportation Granddaddies, Still Relevant.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 20, 2021

As I wrote about last week, Amazon’s drone delivery dream may be in jeopardy, as the company has shuttered part of its operations in the UK. The company launched its first sidewalk delivery robot named Scout in January 2019, but the bot has not moved beyond the testing phase. Taco Bell unveils drive-thru prototype for online orders.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 18, 2021

The company will focus on its higher selling items and putting a pause on lower selling items to try to correct the supply chain issues it is facing. The company has contracted a ship that will begin running next month. This is not the only measure the company has taken in response to port congestion and supply chain delays.

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