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

Talking Logistics

Delivery eBike Debuts In Portland, Ore. Announces Cloud-Based Marketplace Services and Platform Innovations. Last week, for example, Nikola Motor Company unveiled The Nikola One, a Class 8 zero-emission hydrogen-electric truck that will be in production by 2020. Electric Trucking Charges Up (WSJ – sub. First UPS U.S.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

From contractor controversies to rising fuel costs, logistics professionals across the transportation industry are turning to innovative solutions to persistent problems. We’ve gathered the twelve supply chain headlines you need to know in an industry that’s always moving. billion in operational costs in 2023. .

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29 warehouse & automation experts share insights on how warehouse robots will impact industry employment

6 River Systems

There’s no question that innovative technologies aid in logistics and supply chain management, but when it comes to the many labor-intensive processes that take place in the warehouse, some fear that robots could make human warehouse workers obsolete. And it is humanity, not machines, that innovates.

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Crisp Team Spotlight: Eric Takemoto

crisp

After moving around, he ultimately settled in Salem, Oregon – a peaceful area surrounded by evergreen trees, only a short drive away from the Oregon coast and city of Portland. Before joining Crisp, Eric worked for a larger organization as a Technical Manager, leading a team within defined roadmaps for a long-established product.

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Data-driven decision making in beer manufacturing [expert Q&A]

Unleashed

Unleashed Software spoke with Maria Pearman, a Certified Public Accountant based in Portland, Oregon – the home of craft beer – who provides accounting expertise and deep operational knowledge to the brewing industry. Maybe they just needed to talk to someone once a quarter for example. A brewery accounting focus.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 28 – October 2, 2015)

Talking Logistics

It will be available soon in New York, Baltimore, Miami, Dallas, Austin, Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta and Portland. Hurdles remain in fully getting there — from a technology, onboarding, and go-to-market perspective — but it’s encouraging to see innovation across all those fronts accelerating.

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From Materials to Practices: Sustainable Purchasing Groundswell At The SPLC Summit 2019

EcoVadis

Portland has a reputation as a sort of sustainability mecca, so it was certainly an apt site for the SPLC’s annual Summit. The Innovation Accelerator Roundtables addressed the question of how to integrate supplier sustainability performance criteria into procurement processes. for a tender).