Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

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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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The shipping capacity crunch is not a new topic, but the end of 2017 is shaping up to reveal an unprecedented crunch, reports Chris Brady of Logistics Viewpoints. To successfully mitigate the potential setbacks from the shipping capacity crunch, your organization must understand more about its current and projected driving forces.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

China-US container shipping rates sail past $20,000 to record. With the new expansion, Amazon is rolling out same-day delivery to Prime members in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Tampa, Charlotte and Houston, bringing the total markets served to 12. DoorDash delivery can now include products from multiple stores.

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AFFLINK

MAY 17, 2018

Driven by the rise of e-commerce, shipment volumes do increase dramatically from Thanksgiving to Christmas as A) companies ship more product to stores, and B) people buy more products as gifts in preparation for Christmas. Many of the biggest shipping days of the year fall during this period.

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 18, 2018

And now this compression point is sending waves of pain through the supply chain from distributors and wholesalers to retailers and consumers in the form of fast-rising shipping costs. Even Amazon and its Prime members are feeling the pinch. This predicament was a long time coming. Trucks moved more than 70 percent of all U.S.

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ShipBob

MARCH 23, 2020

They will deliver free, fresh salads and bowls to hospitals in the cities they serve: DC Area, Philadelphia, Boston, NYC, SF, LA, Chicago, and Houston. to cover part of credit card processing, packing, and shipping costs). Submit your hospital here. Free scrubs: Figs. Free shoes: Allbirds. Read more here. Christian Siriano.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 4, 2017

Inside cavernous halls known as fulfillment centers, workers retrieve coffee filters, diapers and other items that are then packaged and shipped to customers. It was only for residents of Minneapolis, Denver, Houston, San Diego and St. Nearly 40,000 of the 50,000 packing, sorting and shipping jobs at Amazon will be full time.

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BlueYonder

AUGUST 4, 2017

Inside cavernous halls known as fulfillment centers, workers retrieve coffee filters, diapers and other items that are then packaged and shipped to customers. It was only for residents of Minneapolis, Denver, Houston, San Diego and St. Nearly 40,000 of the 50,000 packing, sorting and shipping jobs at Amazon will be full time.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Last night, Ravens outside linebacker Justin Houston sacked Brady on back-to-back plays in the second quarter to make Brady the most-sacked quarterback in NFL history. UPS earnings rise as higher prices offset shipping slowdown. billion, as revenue per piece shipped rose 8.6%, offsetting a 2.1% decline in the volume of packages.

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 24, 2017

Now there is a push to capture a higher percentage of the gas, and changing it to a liquid form (LNG) reduces its volume 600 times, making it easier to transport by road, rail, or ship. The Houston Hub. Houston is in the middle of all of it. Three LNG export terminals in are operation along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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Supply Chain Shaman

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

In the fall of 2008 I attended a major consumer packaged goods company’s global customer team meeting. A month after completing this strategy session I was doing a series of strategy days with two chemical companies in Houston. Shipping Standards. Reflections. My insights on the topic are now a decade old.

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Freight Plus

JULY 29, 2020

Many essential goods that used to be shipped down to Mexico are now staying in the U.S. Houston has become one of the tightest outbound markets due to this imbalance of goods. The cargo weighed over 7,645 pounds and drugs were found in 968 packages. A large part of this increase in capacity crunch is due to the Coronavirus.

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Freight Plus

JULY 29, 2020

Many essential goods that used to be shipped down to Mexico are now staying in the U.S. Houston has become one of the tightest outbound markets due to this imbalance of goods. The cargo weighed over 7,645 pounds and drugs were found in 968 packages. A large part of this increase in capacity crunch is due to the Coronavirus.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2022

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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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2018

E-Commerce Changes Shipping Patterns. Container ships docked in Los Angeles or Long Beach, the freight was unloaded, sorted and moved on rail intermodal or van trailers to regional distribution centers across the country. Generally speaking, what's good for business is good for freight volume. It doesn't end there.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 1, 2022

The deliveries will take place as part of a pilot that’s being conducted by Waymo and JB Hunt Transport Services to test out self-driving trucks along certain shipping routes in Texas. The second Prime Day could be a big jump start to the holiday season as it was in 2020, when Amazon pushed Prime Day because of the Covid pandemic.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 30, 2019

“Warehouse robots are becoming more prevalent as service level demands get tighter… ” …and increase to meet these service levels, like same day shipping. Or can they pick individual items, package and ship? It can also reduce shipping and handling costs for e-commerce and logistics companies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

By the end of the decade, the company’s goal is to deliver 500 million packages a year by drone in cities, Amazon Prime Air vice president David Carbon told reporters. The companies launched their pilot program about a year ago to autonomously transport goods between Dallas and Houston.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

.” Also this week, news that Amazon and the United States Postal Service (USPS) have partnered to deliver packages to customers on Sundays. The service will begin in Los Angeles and New York on November 17, with plans to expand it to Dallas, New Orleans, Houston, Phoenix, and other cities next year.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

For us consumers, this means we will get our packages quicker. Christoph Seitz is the Co-Owner of CFR Rinkens , a global leader in the shipping of commercial cargo, specializing in the containerized shipping of motor vehicles. dba Cabrella Shipping Insurance Intelligence. And we might be happy to pay for it. Lucas_Group.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Walmart steps up reusable plastic container packaging for fresh produce. The program could roll out as early as next week, with pilot programs in Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, and El Paso, TX. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the pandemic’s impact on shipping times for Peloton. billion packages this holiday season.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 18, 2021

Home Depot contracted its own container ship. The company has contracted a ship that will begin running next month. According to Home Depot’s President and Chief Operating Officer Ted Decker, “we have a ship that’s solely going to be ours and it’s just going to go back and forth with 100 percent dedicated to Home Depot.”

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6 River Systems

JULY 3, 2020

For instance, conveyor systems are bulky and fixed in place, so warehouses with conveyor systems often must design the warehouse layout around this infrastructure while allocating adequate space for other warehouse functions, such as sortation and packaging and shipping. Plan for the flow from production to packaging to shipping.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Processing plants turn the chemical into polyethylene, the world’s most common plastic that’s used in garbage bags and food packaging. in Baytown outside Houston, and Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. Rail shipping has been constrained by train tracks damaged by flooding or still under water. But it also lies at the heart of the $3.5

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Container-ship logjams off US ports finally easing as imports fall. Retailers help decarbonize ocean shipping. A semitruck equipped with Kodiak’s autonomous driving system is making daily delivery runs from an IKEA warehouse near Houston to a store close to Dallas, roughly 300 miles away. IKEA test autonomous trucks in Texas.

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