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This Week in Logistics News (April 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

Store employees will fill customer orders, then use a tablet to summon the drone, and step outside to clip the package to the drone’s tether. Israel Aircraft Industries is remodeling older Air Canada passenger jets to carry heavy freight. Wing employees will oversee the delivery from a remote location.

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Takeaways from the 2018 Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference

Kinaxis

Partnered with a plastic packaging company and technology company to collaborate and reduce the plastic content in the packaging for a particular product by 15 percent. New product was directly tested with consumers and the online shop was taken down upon successfully completing the consumer trial.

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How the Food Blockchain is Bringing Tech to the Table

Zipline Logistics

All who use the platform can now track products as they are harvested, processed, packaged, and distributed. While others like Zest Labs trace the food freshness and enables companies to reduce waste, and platforms like Avenews-GT in Israel connect food manufacturers directly with farmers to source ingredients.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- March 17 2023

Supply Chain Matters

In its reporting, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Israel based tech provider, one of many digital freight start-ups that thrived during the period of pandemic driven logistics and transportation turmoil now forecasts its revenues to grow between 15 percent to 21 percent this year, from an earlier forecast of 87 percent growth.

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Thanksgiving Mall Closures Could be a Sign of Further Black Friday Pushback

BlueYonder

In time, this system could enable 24-hour package delivery, with fleets of autonomous delivery trucks bringing packages to online shoppers at any hour. The company currently employs some 25,000 engineers and scientists, with plans to hire heavily from the US and Israel as well as China.

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Thanksgiving Mall Closures Could be a Sign of Further Black Friday Pushback

BlueYonder

In time, this system could enable 24-hour package delivery, with fleets of autonomous delivery trucks bringing packages to online shoppers at any hour. The company currently employs some 25,000 engineers and scientists, with plans to hire heavily from the US and Israel as well as China.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 21 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

When a driver working out of any of the 20 delivery centers currently equipped with the tech returns their vehicle at the end of a shift, they slowly drive it through a sensor-laden archway made by startup UVeye, which has headquarters in the US and Israel. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.