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The Kodiak Story with Don Burnette

The Logistics of Logistics

Don earned a BS in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics and a Master’s degree in Physics from the University of Florida. Kodiak currently delivers freight daily for its customers between Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and Houston, operating autonomously on the highway portion of the route. The Logistics of Logistics Podcast.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news: McDonald’s is testing a new drive-thru concept. The company is testing a small-format restaurant in Fort Worth, TX, where the centerpiece is a conveyor system that delivers food to a mobile-order lane. Some retailers are learning to love bulked-up inventories.

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The Texas Triangle

The Logistics of Logistics

The Texas Triangle is about the geographic size of Georgia and has the population of Florida, yet it is only about 25% of Texas’s land mass. 16 Fort Worth – 850 K (part of Texas Triangle). #20 States that lost the most peeps to Texas include California, Florida, Illinois, Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico and New York.

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

NC State SCRC

Bloomberg, an investment manager is paying for 179 million square feet of urban logistics properties — the warehouses used by Amazon.com Inc. logistics real estate, will almost double Blackstone’s U.S. and other retailers to fulfill orders from online shoppers. So what is the takeaway from this news?

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What Happens To Your Freight During A Natural Disaster?

Freight Center

Together, Florida and Texas represent nearly 15% of the U.S. The logistics industry is ready when disaster strikes. Air shipments were re-routed through surrounding hubs—Atlanta, Chicago, and Dallas/Fort Worth. This accounts for 7% of country’s trucking activity on a single day. Securing the Supply Chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The company has announced a collaboration with Minibar Delivery, an independent marketplace for alcohol delivery, that will see select stores in Florida, Texas, and Virginia offer beer and wine delivery direct to customers’ homes. Amazon shifts its autonomous delivery focus.