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This Week in Logistics News (October 3-7, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Wal-Mart’s next move against Amazon: More warehouses, faster shipping (Reuters). In 2015, the company reported revenues of 48 million Euros and an EBITDA of 6 million Euros, confirming a constant growth in income and revenue over the last few years. Rand McNally Launches Next Generation E-Log and Fleet Management Device.

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Walmart Rolling Out Four High-Tech FCs

Multichannel Merchant

The company is reportedly patenting a five-step unload/receive/pick/pack/ship process leveraging Knapp technology, which took 12 steps under a manual fulfillment model. Walmart offers free two-day shipping on orders of $35 or more, or unlimited free shipping plus other perks for members of its $98-a-year Walmart+ program.

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COVID Variant Surges and Labor Shortage Lead to FedEx Freight Suspension, Heighten Need for Freight Bill Auditing Services

Intelligent Audit

As the shipping industry grapples with the changes when shipping with USPS and more UPS fees , there’s another problem coming to light. Earlier in January 2022, CNN reported how an average of 700,000 Omicron cases per day led to a limited supply of available workers. 29 and Jan. 10, approximately 8.8 29 and Jan.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

The software was the subject of an internally leaked report last month that indicated FSD has had thousands of customer complaints of sudden braking and abrupt acceleration. ” Walmart opened its largest fulfillment center on June 15 outside of Indianapolis. And now on to this week’s logistics news. in McCordsville.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 28 – October 2, 2015)

Talking Logistics

It will be available soon in New York, Baltimore, Miami, Dallas, Austin, Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta and Portland. Meanwhile, Cloud Logistics introduced its Same Day TMS program “designed to allow shippers to start shipping – and saving – the day they start the project.” You can work as much or as little as you want.