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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

Currently, most driverless opportunities are limited to secure private zones or closed environments, such as warehouses, campus environments or last mile runs from depot to front door. Make no mistake, driverless vehicles are here to stay, driver shortage or not. In a tight market, it never hurts to shop your contracts.

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How to Reduce Shipping Costs: 8 Effective Ways

Ware2Go

Led by Amazon, the largest ecommerce companies have reset shoppers’ expectations for freight costs and delivery time. Design a Warehouse Network that Gets You Closer to Customers. But the same package sent only 107 miles from Oklahoma City to Tulsa would be Zone 2. Learn more about Ware2Go’s Warehouse SOP’s.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 17-21, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Digital Freight Startup Convoy Raises $185 Million, Surpasses $1 Billion in Value (WSJ – sub. million round, backing Freightos’ global freight platform. Oklahoma grocers set to deploy fleet of autonomous vans for final-mile deliveries (CCJ). Singapore Exchange leads US$44.4 Instacart expands ALDI partnership (TechCrunch).

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

In fact, America’s true refund pioneer was born a century before Hsieh, on a farm in Oklahoma. One of his innovations was allowing customers to return anything, no questions asked. Perhaps surprisingly, companies that sell sofa beds, dining tables and other bulky, heavy items often do the same, because return freight is so expensive.