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This Week in Logistics News (March 26 – April 1)

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Chip shortage forces GM to pause production at Indiana plant. The company said its tests in New York and Toronto show a courier can deliver 15 percent more packages a day with the electric carts than with a traditional delivery model. The question remains whether USPS will continue to purchase EVs.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

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The figure includes Panasonic’s purchase of the remaining 80 percent of shares in Blue Yonder for $5.6 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. Apple’s Advanced Manufacturing Fund is financing the project.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 18 – 24)

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President Biden signs Ocean Shipping Reform Act. Members can enjoy this benefit year-round by scanning their Amazon app at the register or purchasing with a credit card that’s registered to their Prime account. The company says that its computer vision systems let it pick out and lift individual packages, even if they’re in a pile.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S.

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Analytics Leaders Discuss the Internet of Things

CH Robinson Transportfolio

We have now gone from ‘Where is the package?’ to ‘What’s going on in the package?’ Understanding the temperature of a package throughout transit provides significant value to customers seeking six sigma quality logistical processes, like food distributors and drug manufacturers. The evolution at FedEx continues. “We