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Walmart First to Deliver Driverless Middle Mile

Multichannel Merchant

Through our work with Gatik, we’ve identified that autonomous box trucks offer an efficient, safe and sustainable solution for transporting goods on repeatable routes between our stores,” said Tom Ward, senior vice president of last mile at Walmart U.S.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2017

Talking Logistics

Conferences are a great example of peer-to-peer learning in action, but with so many supply chain and logistics conferences available, how do you decide which ones to attend? 2017 Food Industry Transportation and Logistics Conference , March 5-7, Orlando, FL. Retail Supply Chain Conference , February 12 – 15, Orlando, FL.

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

Talking Logistics

This week, for example, CCJ reported that “60 percent of fleets running between 1 and 100 trucks have yet to adopt ELDs, according to a recent survey conducted by CarrierLists.” Data from transportation procurement events mirror these results. That is, how many carriers will decide to exit the market instead of complying?

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How Natural Gas and Plastics Impact the Truckload Spot Market

DAT Solutions

Now there is a push to capture a higher percentage of the gas, and changing it to a liquid form (LNG) reduces its volume 600 times, making it easier to transport by road, rail, or ship. Hopper cars will carry the plastics to packaging facilities in the Dallas / Fort Worth area.

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

Talking Logistics

Kuebix Surpasses 10,000 Companies Using Its Transportation Management System (TMS). to further explore concepts and technologies related to urban air mobility (UAM) to ensure a safe and efficient system for future air transportation in populated areas.” Rail, One of the Transportation Granddaddies, Still Relevant.

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

NC State SCRC

This is a perfect example of how the physics of supply chains, which are often overlooked, are fundamental to understanding and enabling the “digital transformation” that is discussed so often in the press. billion on the shift towards e-commerce. So what is the takeaway from this news?