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Top Digital Supply Chain Cities in the U.S.

Material Handling & Logistics

Content Summary: Chicago ranks number 1 among the seven metro areas in projected supply chain management and technology employment growth; in net job creation for supply chain-related industries; in freight flow; and in inventory holding. Printer-friendly version. San Francisco Bay area. Media Type. Media Caption. San Francisco Bay area.

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Logistics in the City

Enterra Insights

Debbie Abrams Kaplan ( @KaplanInk ) notes, “Urban freight is expected to increase 40% by 2050, going hand-in-hand with the slew of retail stores closing due to e-commerce growth. Calvert reports, “Seattle is developing an app-based system to help trucks find open loading spaces.” ”[2]. .”[3]

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This Week in Logistics News (March 16-20, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Starbucks to debut delivery in Manhattan, Seattle this year (Reuters). 2014 North American Freight Numbers. These new rules] wouldn’t allow Prime Air to operate in the United States,” stated Paul Misener, Amazon’s vice president for global policy, at the time. Sears Tries to Calm Supplier Jitters (WSJ – sub.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 7-11, 2016)

Talking Logistics

January 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Cass Freight Index Report February 2016. Back in mid-December, The Seattle Times reported that Amazon was negotiating to lease 20 Boeing 767 jets for its own air-delivery service (see my comments at the time). Infor Announces Strong Third Quarter Results.

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2017 Outlook: The Freight Recession is Over

DAT Solutions

The freight recession is over. Energy exploration and fracking petered out, and the accompanying freight dried up. Freight volume and rates finally began to revive in May 2016, and year-over-year volume comparisons turned positive in August. As we have learned from the current freight season, it's not business as usual.

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Eric Beckwitt Selected as a Keynote Speaker at CleanTech Innovation Showcase in Seattle on June 24th

Freightera

Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt selected as a keynote speaker for the 2019 CleanTech Innovation Showcase at Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle on June 24. The Showcase helps link policy, applied and basic research, and technology development to achieve a cleaner economy and environment locally and globally.

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Freight Audit Data: Why an Audit Is Only the Beginning

Intelligent Audit

These days, most freight brokers and carriers do not like to see the words “freight audit” in a carrier or shipper’s email. The last thing anyone interested in getting paid is someone digging into the details of their freight bill payment and invoices. What Is a Freight Audit? Do taxes need to be paid?