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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

Currently, most driverless opportunities are limited to secure private zones or closed environments, such as warehouses, campus environments or last mile runs from depot to front door. There will still be a workforce needed to maintain those driverless vehicles or costs associated with maintenance done by the manufacturer or a 3rd party.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech July 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

battery production site for Panasonic, and completion of Series D funding round for on demand warehousing provider Flex e. The state reportedly has an established battery manufacturing presence with seven establishments employing upwards of 1,300 workers. Other battery manufacturers that have elected to invest in U.S.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. In fact, America’s true refund pioneer was born a century before Hsieh, on a farm in Oklahoma. The field is large and growing.

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Emergency Freight: What Harvey Tells Us About Irma

DAT Solutions

Houston is home to a number critical industries, including energy exploration, oil and gas refineries, and related manufacturing of petrochemicals and plastic resins, among others. It will take a very long time for freight transportation and logistics to return to normal, after two such monstrous storms in the same month.

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Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

Zipline Logistics

Regional Logistics Market Updates. Here is what each region is seeing currently: Northeast Logistics. Warehouses in New York and New Jersey are reopening in the next 30 days. Midwest Logistics. Southeast Logistics. Westcoast Logistics. Shippers should not expect much logistics disruption in Kansas.

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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

Logistics? ? . Warehouses in New Jersey and New York are reopening in the next 10-20 days and we expect to see an increase in outbound volume as a result. . Warehouses in New Jersey and New York are reopening in the next 10-20 days and we expect to see an increase in outbound volume as a result. . Logistics? ? .

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This Week in Logistics News (March 3-7, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Bourque Logistics Introduces RAILTRAC® 12.5. Proposed DOT FY 2015 budget draws mixed reactions from industry stakeholders ( Logistics Management ). Of course, this makes sense for logistics service providers like Ryder, but a similar opportunity exists for manufacturers and retailers. ( Yahoo Autos ). Delivery Fleet.