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Regional Transportation Agencies Deploy Innovative Tech to Improve Operations, Employee Retention and Recruitment

ThroughPut

The winning companies have each completed successful eight-week proof-of-concept collaborations with participating agencies and will now move on to deploy their technologies through larger-scale pilot programs—a crucial step to help agencies understand the viability and scalability of new technology solutions.

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Ryder Acquires Whiplash, Expands Network

Multichannel Merchant

has significantly expanded its fulfillment network and added automation capabilities through the acquisition of 3PL Whiplash for $480 million, giving it warehouse assets in key markets and ports including Long Beach, CA, Seattle/Tacoma, New York/New Jersey and Savannah, GA. Ryder System Inc.

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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

Like any great innovation, container shipping was so obvious after the fact it is incredible that it had not been implemented earlier.”[5]. Levinson reports, McLean’s innovation was first demonstrated on 26 April 1956. New Design Seen as Cure for Logjams ,” SupplyChainBrain, 16 November 2021. [7] ”[5].

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Walmart’s Notion of Next Generation Online Customer Fulfillment Centers

Supply Chain Matters

According to the announcement posted on the retailer’s web site by David Guggina, Senior Vice President of Innovation and Automation at Walmart , four next generation fulfillment centers will be built over the next three years. The provider supports direct integration and enhancement to SAP’s Extended Warehouse applications.

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2019 Logistics & Supply Chain Events to Attend in the US

EazyStock

EazyStock has complied a new list of the top 2019 Supply Chain events that you can’t afford to miss. You will also gain insight on new innovations and technological applications within the industry. Send your high-level executives to Miami for inspiration on digital innovations for efficient supply chain practices.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 27 – December 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Ryder Forms Strategic Partnership with Plug and Play to Support Development of Innovative Supply Chain and Logistics Startups. The nation’s top ports of entry, Los Angeles-Long Beach and New York-New Jersey, in October imported a combined 1,031,127 20-foot-equivalent units…That amounted to a 2.5%

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How New Supply Chain Technologies Are Boosting Efficiency

ShipBob

Though technology and automation have been involved in the supply chain for quite some time, what once seemed impossible is now becoming part of a new reality, from self-driving trucks to artificial intelligence (AI). . Warehouse robotics. In 1962, General Motors installed the first robot in their New Jersey plant.