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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart in the news: Walmart, suppliers continue sustainability collaboration. Small businesses getting squeezed out in push for warehouse space. Walmart began working with Alert in 2016 and launched a test of the autonomous cart-based system in a 20,000-square-foot warehouse connected to a supercenter in Salem, New Hampshire, in 2019.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 – June 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

and raided the Beijing offices of Mintz Group, a due-diligence firm based in New York. Amazon has launched a new fulfillment center in Riyadh doubling its total storage capacity in Saudi Arabia and increasing selling opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses.

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Vanguard Voice – Issue 105

Vanguard Software

The Latest Supply Chain News. The New York Times – The Specter of Inflation: Is it haunting the U.S. demand for goods and services is rebounding more quickly than the supply of those same goods and services. Supply Chain Dive – US needs 330M square feet of warehouse space to keep up with e-commerce.

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Trends That Will Revolutionize Logistics in 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

As logistics becomes the backbone of every industry like retail, e-commerce, consumer goods, and healthcare, the business world today is aligning its strategies with respect to the ongoing and upcoming logistics trends, such as robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms. Printer-friendly version.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

JD.com has been rapidly growing its logistics unit by focusing on warehousing growth, including in international markets. The e-commerce provider touted its ability to serve merchants with self-operating warehouses, saying its automation capabilities allow it to extend the order cut-off time by an additional hour.

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Logistics Market Stays Flat as May Begins

Zipline Logistics

mostly due to consumer goods consumption. . Warehouses in New Jersey and New York are reopening in the next 30 days. We expect outbound rates from New Jersey and New York to fluctuate in response to these reopenings. . New York . Zipline operates with a unique?

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Walmart Considers Radically New Supply Chain Optimization Strategies

RFgen

Another supply chain management system being considered is a locker-based order fulfillment strategy , The New York Times reported. Under this arrangement, goods ordered online are sent to a local store and kept in a designated locker unit.