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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

In that spirit, we’ve combed the MH&L archives for the most innovative supply chain developments of the past year, as reported in our print magazine, on our website, in our e-newsletters, or our various social media channels. We hope you enjoy this salute to the best of 2018, and we look forward to even more innovations in 2019.

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NRF 2022: 4 Big Session Themes from Retail’s Big Show

ToolsGroup

CEO Sumit Singh described the company’s “speed of innovation and quality and longevity of customer care and customer experience” as its North Star amid supply disruptions. Portland, San Diego, and Cleveland are cited by American Shipper as locations with more capacity to consider. We need to address the data.”.

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Walmart Making Significant Bet on Warehouse Robotics

Supply Chain Matters

This has had special significance as overall online shopping volumes decline from prior pandemic driven volumes, and where the thresholds for the ability to sustain “ Free Shipping ” offerings are growing larger because of rising and unsustainable costs.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Some mornings I would ride my rocket ship, evading asteroids and alien cruisers along the way, and I would barely make it to school on time (I mean, the space station), with just enough fuel to make a safe landing. Delivery eBike Debuts In Portland, Ore. Announces Cloud-Based Marketplace Services and Platform Innovations.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

From contractor controversies to rising fuel costs, logistics professionals across the transportation industry are turning to innovative solutions to persistent problems. Postal Service announced intentions to consolidate roughly 21% of delivery units into large-scale shipping centers.

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29 warehouse & automation experts share insights on how warehouse robots will impact industry employment

6 River Systems

There’s no question that innovative technologies aid in logistics and supply chain management, but when it comes to the many labor-intensive processes that take place in the warehouse, some fear that robots could make human warehouse workers obsolete. And it is humanity, not machines, that innovates.

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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.