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Warehousing News Roundup: April 8, 2019

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Rail freight volumes continued to fall at the end of March alongside service outages due to flooding in the Midwest. Amazon is using a smaller distribution center for fulfillment in New York City , and other companies are following its lead. Delta reported a dip in air cargo freight last month compared to March of 2018.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 23 – 29)

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This includes trucking capacity concerns, port congestion , and warehouse staff. In a blog post, Amazon said a combination of planes, trucks, ships, and delivery vans, along with staffed-up warehouses, has put it in a good position to “get customers what they want, when they want it, wherever they are this holiday season.”

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

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Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017 : exoskeletons, autonomous forklifts, flying warehouses, last-mile delivery, and more. Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 23 – 29)

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Amazon announces new changes to inventory limits. BrightDrop And FedEx set new Guinness World Record. Bank of America sounding the alarm on collapsing freight demand. Existing inventory that fits the qualification for the extra-large storage type will automatically be reclassified as extra-large.

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NRF 2023: Empowering the Customer

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A crowd of nearly 37,000 people flocked to the Javits Center in New York City to see what new solutions and innovations software suppliers had in store for 2023 and beyond. This will make loadings and unloadings more efficient within the yard and warehouse. A robust TMS is required for this dynamic routing.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 11 – 17)

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Overstock is ready to take advantage of inventory glut. UPS said a trial run is focused on New York City and in several cities in Europe. In case you haven’t heard, there is an inventory glut that is becoming problematic for some retailers. However, for a company like Overstock.com , this is good news.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 2 – 8)

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Employees at an Amazon warehouse on New York’s Staten Island voted late last week to join a union, which is a painful defeat for the e-commerce giant that has aggressively fought unionization efforts in recent years. Israel Aircraft Industries is remodeling older Air Canada passenger jets to carry heavy freight.