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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

Officials say traffic could be so severe “that the day may be mostly unproductive for freight vehicles,” and they are asking truckers to take a voluntary holiday to avoid congested roadways that could impact their routes. The prescriptions are offered via Amazon’s online pharmacy service, which launched in 2020.

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Top Solutions for Supply Chain Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

temperature, shock, and humidity) are available through the GLN for over-the-road transportation via Descartes MacroPoint and global air freight via Descartes BLE for high-value shipments for major airlines and ground handling agents at 450 airports worldwide. Real-time location and IoT data such as condition statuses (e.g., Infor Nexus.

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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

Transportation has followed the same evolutionary pattern, moving upstream from day-to-day freight transactions to an integral component of top-level corporate planning and procurement strategy. Going forward, it is vital that shippers analyze their freight spend and if required renegotiate their rates regularly to remain competitive.

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Warehousing News Roundup: April 8, 2019

Stord

Rail freight volumes continued to fall at the end of March alongside service outages due to flooding in the Midwest. True Value has already successfully implemented this strategy in the Midwest, and is now bringing it to its Northeast region with this new investment. This number fell by 5.4%

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Top Digital Supply Chain Cities in the U.S.

Material Handling & Logistics

Given that the study was funded by an Atlanta-based group, the results are hardly authoritative (for instance, a number of major cities, such as Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, are not included in the study), but they do offer an interesting view on the supply chain capabilities of seven major regions.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more. The retail giant plans to take out 50 million metric tons (MMT) by 2030, which is equivalent to the emissions associated with the average annual electricity consumption of 40 million Chinese households. Media Type.