Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 22, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. USPS slowing first-class package delivery to lower costs. The company partnered with Walgreens to make deliveries in suburban Dallas. The post This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. A truly inspiring Marathon Monday as always.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Previously, some Prime members could get Amazon Fresh orders and Whole Foods deliveries dropped off in their garage, but only if they lived in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, or Seattle. You can watch the full spot here ; I won’t spoil the outcome for you. That’s all for this week.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 2, 2022

Michael is the Vice President Transportation & Logistics at Mary Kay , one of the most enduring, successful direct sellers of personal beauty products in the world for more than 55 years. Mike Ringsdorf is the Vice President Transportation & Logistics at Mary Kay Global, a cosmetics company based in Texas.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 10, 2022

The company has developed a fleet of last mile drones for small package delivery in the US, Australia, and Finland. Recently, Wing has developed a fleet of new drone prototypes designed to more efficiently deliver packages ranging from small pill bottles to items weighing as much as 7 pounds.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 20, 2022

In this situation, an autonomous vehicle brings a package to a customer’s house, whereupon the customer enters a code and retrieves the package from a cargo hold. Founded in 2017 in Burlingame, CA, Udelv said it has completed more than 20,000 package deliveries. Autonomous technology has improved, and the interest is growing.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The program, called Ships in Product Packaging , will allow sellers to ship items without any additional packaging. In 2022, Amazon shipped 11 percent of items globally without any added packaging by the company. Barnum once said, “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.”

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In the coming months, the service will be offered from two stores in the Dallas metro area. The retailer has an existing network of 11 drone hubs already operating in the Dallas area. All of it is designed to help drivers deliver packages more efficiently and safely.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Only 8 days to go before I (along with my Logistics Leaders for T1D Cure teammates) cycle 100 miles at the JDRF Ride for the Cure in Saratoga Springs, NY. Now, let’s move on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news…. Chinese logistics firm Best, backed by Alibaba, launches $930 million U.S. How far is 100 miles?

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Conferences are a great example of peer-to-peer learning in action, but with so many supply chain and logistics conferences available, how do you decide which ones to attend? Below is a short list of the supply chain and logistics conferences scheduled for 2016. Twitter Insights from GT Nexus Bridges 2015 Conference. “1+1=3”

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

And now on this week’s logistics news. Amazon has invested in what it calls “mini-fulfillment centers” closer to where customers lived in select US markets, initially in Philadelphia, Phoenix, Orlando, and Dallas. And in the last piece of Amazon-related logistics news, the company’s drone delivery dream may be in jeopardy.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Ok, enough about concrete; let’s move on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Majority of small fleets yet to comply with ELD mandate (CCJ). UPS Joins Top Alliance To Create Blockchain Standards For Logistics. CLX Logistics Renews Partnership with BluJay Solutions. Bloomberg).

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Talking Logistics

MAY 4, 2015

I am off today to Transplace’s Shipper Symposium in Dallas, where tomorrow I will lead a panel discussion on 3-D Printing, Drones & Driverless Trucks – Creating a Futuristic Supply Chain. The post Amazon Drone Delivery for $1, 3-D Printing at Lowe’s appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 27, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon has launched Amazon Air , its dedicated air cargo fleet, in India as the e-commerce giant bulks up its logistics infrastructure in the key overseas market where it has deployed more than $6.5 India is the third market where Amazon has launched its freight service.

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ShipBob

JANUARY 10, 2020

You can fulfill orders yourself, become a dropshipper, or work with a third-party logistics (3PL) company. You have less time to spend on strategy since your focus goes to logistics. It can be inefficient (from renting space to reordering packaging supplies). Professional packaging. Self-fulfillment. Dropshipping.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. s Wing subsidiary has developed a fleet of new drone prototypes designed to more efficiently deliver packages ranging from small pill bottles to items weighing as much as 7 pounds. The post This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Elementum

JUNE 30, 2022

Emerging technologies: drones taking flight Remember when drones were going to take over final-mile logistics? They forecast that this will cover 4 million US households and enable 1 million packages to be delivered. They forecast that this will cover 4 million US households and enable 1 million packages to be delivered.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news: McDonald’s is testing a new drive-thru concept. By the end of the decade, the company’s goal is to deliver 500 million packages a year by drone in cities, Amazon Prime Air vice president David Carbon told reporters. Some retailers are learning to love bulked-up inventories.

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ShipBob

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A Director of Fulfillment is a logistics management professional who is responsible for leading all of a company’s operations related to order processing and fulfillment. Logistics Operations Manager. In-house logistics and warehouse management quickly become expensive and time-consuming for most growing ecommerce businesses.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The deliveries will take place in Texas, with Waymo’s Class 8 autonomous truck hauling goods along Interstate 45 between facilities in Houston and Dallas, which was the route used by Waymo and JB Hunt during the original pilot last year. Amazon plans two Prime shopping events this year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Walgreens to offer Wing drone delivery in suburban Dallas. The first commercial drone delivery service in a major US metropolitan area launched this week in suburban Dallas, where Google-owned Wing began delivering items from Walgreens and a few other partners. That’s all for this week.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

They were managing CBD shipping and logistics themselves but didn’t understand just how massive and difficult retail fulfillment was. They were getting so deep into the logistics and supply chain side that they didn’t have time to focus on their core products. Last year, they started to experience a surge in orders.

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DAT Solutions

AUGUST 14, 2018

Mark Boyer has spent his whole career in the trucking and logistics industry, with a front row seat for all kinds of new technologies, including many products from DAT. As DAT celebrates its 40th year, we reminisced with Boyer, who serves as Vice President of Brokerage for Keller Logistics in Defiance, Ohio.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

According to Jeff Starecheski, Vice President Logistics Services at Sears Holdings, “Customer service is of paramount importance to Sears Holdings, our members and customers. ” Also this week, news that Amazon and the United States Postal Service (USPS) have partnered to deliver packages to customers on Sundays.

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ShipBob

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Package the items, weigh your shipment, and get a rate. Billable weight is used by carriers to calculate shipping rates per package. It takes into account both dimensional weight (the length, width and height of a package) and the actual weight (what the shipment actually weighs). Calculating shipping costs is easy, right?

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Dave Clark, SVP Worldwide Operations and Customer Service at Amazon, was the keynote speaker on Tuesday, and during his talk he announced this week’s top supply chain and logistics news story: Amazon Flex: Amazon will now pay you to deliver packages (The Verge). UPS Asks People to Pick Up Packages Themselves (Bloomberg).

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CargoBarn

MAY 18, 2022

Pioneering technology drives added expansions in Dallas, Jacksonville and Fresno. As the nation’s supply chain challenges continue, one Georgia logistics company is quietly expanding its footprint to help calm the chaos. CargoBarn’s offices in Dallas, Jacksonville and Fresno also are expanding.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2013

UPS Expands Logistics Reach To Meet Emerging Demand In China. UK logistics companies optimistic about recovery ( Financial Times ). New innovations include inline analytics, process-driven workflows, packaged event-response levers, consolidated demand signals and in-memory technologies. Freight Shipments Fell 0.2%

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o9 Solutions

AUGUST 10, 2020

Frequent shortcomings include scheduling attainment, sub-par OEE, lack of integration of raw and packaging materials availability and lack of visibility of the demand across the network. The partnership is a natural consequence of a strong market pull towards digitization and adoption of AI in manufacturing and logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The goals prioritize reducing emissions in how green coffee is grown before addressing the rest of the value chain, such as transportation, roasting or packaging. The post This Week in Logistics News (March 20 – 26) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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ShipBob

JUNE 2, 2021

What makes it all possible is on-demand logistics — getting products delivered to customers when they need them. Since more shoppers now expect same-day shipping and delivery, online retailers are willing to invest in the logistics operations needed to fulfill these expectations. What is on-demand logistics?

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NC State SCRC

JUNE 5, 2019

Bloomberg, an investment manager is paying for 179 million square feet of urban logistics properties — the warehouses used by Amazon.com Inc. logistics real estate, will almost double Blackstone’s U.S. and other retailers to fulfill orders from online shoppers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 20, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. FedEx announced a series of surcharges to cover the delivery of shipments during the upcoming peak shipping season, as well as a separate 60-cents-per-package surcharge to extend into 2022. per-package surcharge on shipments requiring “special handling.” That’s all for this week.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

APRIL 30, 2014

Jim Lentz, chief executive of Toyota’s North American operations, said the decision to consolidate in the Dallas suburb stemmed from conversations he had with Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda about a year ago, soon after Mr. Lentz got his current job. before choosing the Dallas-Plano area, a person familiar with the matter said.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The company is now running more tests in Richardson, TX, a city in Dallas and Collin counties. The measure is part of a package of bills aimed at regulating the food-delivery industry. Over half of this increase is due to increased spending on electronics and dorm furnishings.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. A semitruck equipped with Kodiak’s autonomous driving system is making daily delivery runs from an IKEA warehouse near Houston to a store close to Dallas, roughly 300 miles away. The post This Week in Logistics News (October 15 – 21) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 1, 2018

The Fed’s collection of regional economic conditions, known as the beige book, showed a stronger pickup in the Dallas district. billion, according to Bloomberg, in a deal that would reportedly bolster the e-commerce giant’s ability to ship packages worldwide. According to a Federal Reserve report released Wednesday, most U.S.

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BlueYonder

JUNE 1, 2018

The Fed’s collection of regional economic conditions, known as the beige book, showed a stronger pickup in the Dallas district. billion, according to Bloomberg, in a deal that would reportedly bolster the e-commerce giant’s ability to ship packages worldwide. According to a Federal Reserve report released Wednesday, most U.S.

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