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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

While many retailers are discounting, canceling orders, and otherwise scrambling to get rid of a glut of goods filling their stores and warehouses, some are embracing their higher inventory levels. Aurora Innovation, which also counts FedEx and Toyota as partners, looks to launch the Aurora Driver self-driving platform at the end of 2024.

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Top 12 New Logistics Startup Companies Making Noise

ShipBob

Warehousing and storage. Designing systems and innovations that solve problems of today’s shippers. While there are many logistics services to choose from, here are 12 new logistics companies that have shaken up the space with innovative ideas, technology, processes, and more in various verticals. Freight forwarding.

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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

Even closer to end customers, in August, Maersk acquired Visible SCM, a Utah-based B2B/B2C company, which handles over 200,000 orders a day across nine fulfillment centers, as well as a European counterpart. Increased competition across forwarders, tech companies, and carriers should continue to help introduce more innovation to the industry.

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Veho Raises $170M to Reach $1.5B Valuation

Multichannel Merchant

Veho, a startup whose software platform matches demand to crowdsourced drivers and handles deliveries and returns out of its own warehouses, has raised another $170 million to reach a $1.5 Veho plans to expand the doorstop returns program nationally as well, and improve its warehouse automation capabilities. Photo credit: Veho.

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The Most Overlooked Cloud Opportunity

Talking Logistics

3PLs with warehouses in Nevada and Tennessee with Automotive connections. Trucking companies in Utah with more than 10 refrigerated trucks with the most likes. Professionals with S&OP experience in retail who speak Spanish and live in Canada. Companies my Tier 1 suppliers are connected to in China, India, and Brazil.

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Say Customer Service and Mean It

Supply Chain Shaman

The two primary manufacturing sites are located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Irmo, South Carolina. Additionally, the Company operates several warehousing and assembly locations to over 100 core markets. The Sleep Number’s Innovation Timeline for Supply Chain Redefinition. The Company’s success starts with its products.

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How Robot Implementation Impacts Manufacturing Plant Productivity

Locus Robotics

Factories in manufacturing sectors around the world are already implementing robots in production, inspection, picking, warehousing, and logistics processes. They can use the profits to invest in innovations and value-added activities to increase productivity, or to improve labor productivity through incentives or wage increases.