Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 18, 2013
Also this week, The Detroit News and others reported that “Wal-Mart Stores plans to open more small stores as it links them to its supercenters, which will serve as mini-warehouses for their smaller cousins [emphasis mine].”. That causes higher costs for fuel, maintenance and other expenses, including drivers. . percent last year.
Talking Logistics
DECEMBER 9, 2016
It’s a chicken and egg problem, but if the truck and hydrogen/electric technologies perform as promised, and the economic benefits are proven, the trucking industry and investors will embrace it — and these trucks will be part of a new era in trucking, along with their driverless cousins.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Talking Logistics
JUNE 3, 2016
And this week, Reuters reported that Walmart is “six to nine months from beginning to use drones to check warehouse inventories in the United States.” The company demonstrated the use of drones to reporters this week at one of its distribution centers. It currently takes a month to finish manually [emphasis mine].
DAT Solutions
OCTOBER 28, 2016
A Volvo VNL, using technology developed by trucking startup Otto (which was purchased by Uber back in August), delivered 2,125 cases of Budweiser from Fort Collins, CO, to Colorado Springs. As CCJ reports, Level 4 autonomy – which doesn’t require driver attention – isn’t legal in most states, including Colorado.
Logistics Viewpoints
DECEMBER 3, 2021
According to the annual survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics, nearly 180 million Americans shopped during the five-day holiday shopping period from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday. Robots outnumber human workers in this autonomous truck yard north of Denver. million from 145.4
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
138 
Let's personalize your content