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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

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The vehicle will make its inaugural trip from Indiana to California, where it will be featured at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo. Although CMA CGM is best known for being a large container shipping company, it is also the parent of CEVA Logistics. The machines then label and seal the packages.

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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. But there’s still uncertainty in getting supplies from chip manufacturers.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 17 – 23)

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Unionized UPS workers could strike this summer Walmart opens largest fulfillment center in Indiana Target tests larger next-day delivery effort Commerce Dept. Unionized UPS workers could strike this summer Walmart opens largest fulfillment center in Indiana Target tests larger next-day delivery effort Commerce Dept.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 24 – 30)

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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. Grocery delivery is also driving the growth of membership programs.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 18 – 24)

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President Biden signs Ocean Shipping Reform Act. One, called Cardinal, is a robotic arm that can lift and move packages weighing up to 50 pounds, which Amazon hopes to deploy in warehouses next year. 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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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

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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.