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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

Logistics Viewpoints

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. At CES 2022, Udelv unveiled its self-driving eclectic delivery vehicle, the Transporter. Autonomous technology has improved, and the interest is growing.

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How to Move Forward with Reverse Logistics

Talking Logistics

The critical difference is that transportation is the last step in forward logistics and the first with reverse, which can cause problems. Were there problems with the packaging, shipment time or incorrect orders? Some of the issues that can and often occur in moving product through the pipeline include: Order inaccuracies.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

The Colorado Transportation Department and infrastructure developer Aecom Inc. are scouting potential sites, including busy roads near Denver International Airport, with a goal of launching in 2018. According to the press release: This new electrically-assisted tricycle began delivering packages in Portland, Ore.,

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This Week in Logistics News (May 30 – June 3, 2016)

Talking Logistics

One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2016 was that drones would have a breakout year — not in delivering packages to consumers, but in yard and warehouse management. DAT Launches Streamlined TMS for New Freight Brokers. From one month down to one day — now that’s a significant reduction in time and labor savings!

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Director of Fulfillment: Salary, Growth, Tips, & More

ShipBob

Every step of the fulfillment process — including warehouse operations, inventory planning and tracking, quality control, staffing, procedural development, picking, packaging, and shipping — falls under the purview of this role. 5+ years of industry experience in fulfillment, supply chain operations, or warehouse management.

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A Budding Industry: Recreational Marijuana is California's Newest Supply Chain

Elementum

Under current regulations cannabis products are not technically required to pass through distributors , so it’s likely that many small operators will continue with business as usual and manage licensing, testing, and transportation themselves in an effort to maintain sovereignty over their operations and to capture as much profit as they can.

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A Budding Industry: Recreational Marijuana is California's Newest Supply Chain

Elementum

Under current regulations cannabis products are not technically required to pass through distributors , so it’s likely that many small operators will continue with business as usual and manage licensing, testing, and transportation themselves in an effort to maintain sovereignty over their operations and to capture as much profit as they can.