Supply Chain Matters

JULY 14, 2022

Seattle -based on-demand warehousing and logistics services provider Flexe announced that the company has raised $119 million in Series D equity funding and has now achieved a $1 billion plus valuation. Toyota has further announced plans to source an EV battery production facility in the U.S.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 30, 2015

Super Bowl XLIX takes place Sunday between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots, but you probably knew that already. New England, especially Massachusetts, has a long history of manufacturing that has evolved from clothing and shoes to electronics and chemical products — with good wages to show for it.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 10, 2018

As expected, the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate has made trucks harder to find, while winter storms and truckers taking time off for New Year's Day made capacity even tighter last week. Seattle rates continued to slide from previous peaks, with a couple big drops last week: Seattle to Eugene, OR , plunged 95¢ to $2.69/mile.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The "phase-in" period for the electronic logging device mandate ends on April 1, which is when trucks will be placed out of service if they don't have an ELD installed. The two exceptions were Buffalo and Seattle , which are relatively lower-volume markets. Seattle to Spokane came back down 23¢ to $2.90/mile.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In our final installment of the Seattle Startup Week Panel, Delighting Customers through Superior Retail Operations , we learn which retailers are doing well online, why people still feel compelled to go to the store, and also, what to expect with online grocery shopping. Electronics are about 25%, 30%. Electronics are about 25%, 30%.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 19, 2021

The time I spent at Tile was fantastic and allowed me to apply a lot of what I’ve learned in the 3PL world for a consumer electronics firm. I crossed the desk so to speak in 2017 and began managing fulfillment and logistics for shippers. and helping the team rethink and reshape the way we engage our partner warehouses.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 19, 2017

But again, all these seasonal trends are getting a big shakeup this week, while everyone adjusts to electronic logbooks. Seattle to Salt Lake City also fell 29¢ to an average of $2.11/mile. On the other side of the country, we're seeing the end of a surge in volumes that sent rates skyward on the West Coast.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 13, 2018

So, how did Schultz find loads for trucks before computers and before DAT launched the first electronic load board in 1978? Schultz remembers when he first heard of the Dial-A-Truck electronic load board at the Jubitz Truck Stop in Portland, Oregon. He had a customer who had regular shipments to Seattle, Spokane and Portland.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 18, 2015

In this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Amazon in talks to lease 20 jets to launch air-cargo business (The Seattle Times). Truckers take government to court over electronic logbook mandate. Seattle passes law letting Uber, Lyft drivers unionize (Reuters).

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Loginext

JANUARY 23, 2018

Amazon opened its first brick and mortar retail store in Seattle, Washington, United States. The novelty of this store is that customers can just pick up whatever they want and just walk out of the store. Amazon would just charge the price of the items taken to their Amazon account. They call it the ‘Just Walk Out’ technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 16, 2023

The actions, which port employers say include work slowdowns and failure to report to cargo terminals from Southern California to Seattle, have stalled shipments ranging from inbound consumer goods to outbound agricultural commodities since late May. The agreement paused dockworker job actions potentially through the end of this week.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 26, 2015

The Silicon Valley specializes in semiconductors and electronic components. Seattle and New York specialize in software publishing research, Boston, and San Diego in pharmaceuticals and medicines, and Houston in mining research.

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QAD

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The Ports of Seattle and Tacoma are likewise expanding gate hours. QAD Sourcing manages the electronic RFQ process with suppliers. In October, the U.S. federal government, in concert with major industry representatives, took steps to help alleviate the port problems. Production Execution.

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Ware2Go

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Some desperate parents chased after delivery trucks to get their hands on the fuzzy, red monster toy, which bleats out electronic giggles. Anything computerized, magnetic or made of plastic — think electronics, appliances and home goods — could be hard to get. And the delays won’t be limited to toys.

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

And the new Amazon Go “store of the future,” with no cashiers or checkout lines, is debuting in Seattle. On the contrary, Amazon itself has been deepening its involvement in physical store management, beginning with the opening of a smattering of bookstores and proceeding to the acquisition of the Whole Foods gourmet grocery chain.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 15, 2018

Amazon’s algorithms, refined through years of monitoring customer behavior, are getting the Seattle-based company out of the guessing game. This is a major shift from Amazon’s early days, when the company was pushing beyond books into electronics, toys and more. Order too much and you’re forced into costly clearance sales.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 31, 2022

For example, I’m sitting in Seattle, not far from the biospheres that the team at Amazon has built, and those are heated with server heat runoff. We use gold in everything—in many different electronics, for example. So that’s the one category comprising renewable, regenerative type of material.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2017

Instead, rates and volumes shot up in places like Memphis and Columbus, both associated with e-commerce fulfillment, and even Denver and Seattle exhibited unusually robust rates and shipping patterns. By the end of 2017, electronic logging devices (ELDs) will be mandatory, and shippers are likely to require them even earlier in the year.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Headquartered in New York, Shapeways has factories and offices in Eindhoven, Queens, and Seattle. Shapeways is a spin-out of the lifestyle incubator of Royal Philips Electronics. It doesn’t hurt to know that what we do is changing the future as we know it. You can view all the 3D Printing blog posts in the category here.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2018

States and cities like Seattle are severely restricting use of driver contractors in port drayage and car services like Uber and Grubhub. A technological innovation that reduced driver productivity is the electronic logging device (ELD), mandated by the federal government for all over-the-road trucks at the end of last year.

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