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This Week in Logistics News (March 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

The legislation would also require the USPS to create an online dashboard with local and national delivery time data. Kodiak Robotics has been delivering freight between Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston since mid-2019. The bill, which was overwhelmingly bipartisan (79-19), now heads to President Biden’s desk for his signature.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

Wing and Zipline are drone delivery providers and will allow Walmart to cover 75 percent of the Dallas-Fort Worth population as stores in 30 towns and municipalities will now offer drone delivery service. Amazon shipped last-minute Christmas gifts faster in 2023 than in 2022, according to data from analyst firm Momentum Commerce.

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Why is a Data Center Like a Supply Chain?

Elementum

They don’t seem too similar, but data centers could benefit from supply chain management. Facebook announced today that it is moving forward with building a fifth data center , with plans to build in Fort Worth, Texas. The number of worldwide data centers is expected to reach a peak of 8.6 million in 2017.

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Kroger Restaurant Supply Takes Grocer into Foodservice Distribution

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

Kroger Restaurant Supply opened for business on April 5 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Source: Data from USDA Economic Research Service Food Expenditure Series. Kroger’s new service went live on the day of the announcement, and it has been available in select zip codes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 6-10, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Data and predictions have been all over the map. Data from transportation procurement events mirror these results. As the Elemica Business Network captures event and transaction data across the entire network, it creates a critical mass of historical business information that is used to generate strategic and actionable insights.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2017

Talking Logistics

Going from Big Data to Big Decisions (Quintiq World Tour London). Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) Conference , April 30 – May 3, Fort Worth, TX. Here are some posts I wrote this year sharing my takeaways from various conferences: The Big Bear in the Room (Insights from Kenco Customer Summit 2016).

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This Week in Logistics News (May 7-11, 2018)

Talking Logistics

At its research facility at the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport, NASA will use the data supplied by Uber to simulate a small passenger-carrying aircraft as it flies through DFW airspace during peak scheduled air traffic.