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Hurricane Harvey Updates

Elementum

The rain has stopped in Houston, Texas, but the traumatic conditions left by Tropical Storm Harvey have not yet cleared. Tropical Storm Harvey lashed Houston, Texas — America's fourth largest city — and has proven to be extremely traumatic to tens of thousands of people and businesses. click to zoom).

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

s Wing subsidiary has developed a fleet of new drone prototypes designed to more efficiently deliver packages ranging from small pill bottles to items weighing as much as 7 pounds. percent year on year in June, driven by double-digit surges in New York/New Jersey, Houston, and Savannah, Georgia. Alphabet Inc.’s percent gain in April.

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Managing Logistics for The World’s Largest Company with Gary Sostack

The Logistics of Logistics

We assist 3PLs with their bid packages to corporations, and we work with corporations who don’t see supply chain as their core activity. [01:20] Then, after a short spell in New Orleans, I moved to Houston to work with supply chain in oil and gas. If you live in Houston, you know who it is. It’s Saudi Aramco.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 4-8, 2017)

Talking Logistics

In response to Hurricane Harvey, for example, JDRF and other organizations shipped more than 3,750 pounds of donated diabetes supplies to Houston (including 200,000 syringes, 50,000 pen needles and 20,000 alcohol pads) to help people with diabetes affected by the hurricane.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

As I wrote about two weeks ago, Domino’s is now partnering with Nuro in Houston to make robocar deliveries. The offering is a part of Amazon Key, the company’s array of services that enable delivery drivers to leave packages in garages, homes, cars and businesses. Grocery delivery is also driving the growth of membership programs.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 25 – July 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

The deliveries will take place in Texas, with Waymo’s Class 8 autonomous truck hauling goods along Interstate 45 between facilities in Houston and Dallas, which was the route used by Waymo and JB Hunt during the original pilot last year.

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The State of Holiday Shipping & Learnings for Next Peak Season

Intelligent Audit

such as expected winter weather that’s stimulated embargoes across the Pacific-Northwest market and uncertainty as carriers rush to deliver packages on time. FedEx packages to Illinois had a 15.3% UPS to Houston has experienced the most delays—8.9%, followed closely by New York and Los Angeles.