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Texas: It Ain’t Bragging, If It’s True with Jason Giulietti

The Logistics of Logistics

In these roles, he has taken transformative and innovative approaches to economic development, both by having built a ground-up business attraction strategy, and by strengthening business retention efforts while engaging and leveraging public and private partners. The Greater San Marcos Partnership (Innovation Corridor).

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Ryder Acquires Whiplash, Expands Network

Multichannel Merchant

“This announcement signals a new accelerated phase of growth for Whiplash that will benefit our current customers and dramatically enhance our ability to scale and deliver innovation for digitally-native brands and omnichannel retailers,” said Jeff Wolpov, CEO of Whiplash in a release.

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List of Top 7 Supply Chain Management Scholarships

SCMDOJO

The program targets high school seniors from minority groups residing in Texas and Fort Worth. Similarly, you’ll be in a better position to formulate innovative strategies and solutions to logistics problems in different sectors of the economy.

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

Talking Logistics

” Earlier this year [Uber] said it was working with authorities in Dallas-Fort Worth and Dubai to bring its flying taxis to those cities…Uber said Wednesday that it also plans to trial the project in Los Angeles in 2020 along with the already announced cities. .” And with that, have a happy weekend!

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Supply Chain Market Report – July 2022

Elementum

Earlier this year, Walgreens Boots Alliance expanded their drone delivery pilot from Christiansburg, Virginia to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, reaching 100,000 customers. Because traditional final-mile delivery requires trucks, fuel, and drivers, drone technology is an attractive area of innovation for leading retailers.

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Autonomous Middle Mile: Exploring the Future

Multichannel Merchant

The savings was one major result, but the study also showed the ability to drastically increase utilization of assets, said Pascal Van Hentenryck, Associate Chair for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Georgia Tech, who chaired the panel. “You can do things you normally can’t with a driver,” Van Hentenryck said. million.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

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. Uber Technologies and self-driving technology company Aurora Innovation will expand their driverless pilot program in Texas to meet increased delivery demand during the holidays.