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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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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2017

Talking Logistics

If you’re a transportation professional, for example, and all you know is transportation, your opportunities for advancement are limited compared to someone who has a broader supply chain perspective. Going from Big Data to Big Decisions (Quintiq World Tour London). TMS for SMB: A Case Study with Carhartt (CSCMP 2016).

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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 compliance date for the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate approaches (December 18, 2017), there are two important questions to be answered: How will it impact capacity? How will it impact productivity?

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Warehouses are the next HOT investment triggered by the digital transformation of the supply chain

NC State SCRC

Department of Commerce data released in May showed. Those being purchased by BREIT are in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Chicago, central Pennsylvania, Atlanta and south and central Florida, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public. Online shopping in the U.S. is climbing.

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Autonomous Middle Mile: Exploring the Future

Multichannel Merchant

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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REPOST: Why Chattanooga is the Silicon Valley of Trucking with Craig Fuller

The Logistics of Logistics

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Why Chattanooga is the Silicon Valley of Trucking with Craig Fuller

The Logistics of Logistics

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