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This Week in Logistics News (April 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. While most of the tech world is focused on new generative AI tools, Amazon has been chipping away at an ongoing challenge posed by modern consumerism: the proliferation of shipping materials. Alibaba has officially introduced its Logistics Marketplace, providing U.S.

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Questions Companies with U.S.-Mexico Trade Should be Asking

CH Robinson Transportfolio

government’s role in supply chains. On June 28, 2016, Mr. Kass testified before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security. Customs clearance process as a significant risk to supply chains. Seeing future trade inefficiencie s.

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Ocean Freight Survival Guide with Nathan Strang

The Logistics of Logistics

Nathan Strang is the Director of Ocean Trade Lane Management at Flexport where he actively fights global logistics chaos. In his role Nathan utilizes Flexport’s global logistics performance data to define short and long term ocean operations strategies that optimize carrier and port performance. About Nathan Strang. About Flexport.

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Recession-Proof Businesses and Products: Staying Afloat During Economic Downturn

ShipBob

Essential sectors like healthcare, grocers, household products, and fulfillment logistics are also seeing a rise in demand. . They face new obstacles and challenges to navigating customer behavior and forecasting product demand , along with supply chain delays and rapid economic changes. . Freighting, fulfillment, and logistics.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Moving on, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Trucking Stocks Tumble on Downgrade, Pricing Outlook (WSJ- sub. Descartes Showcases Logistics Technology Platform Innovations at Global User and Partner Conference. Swisslog acquires Power Automation Systems (PAS).

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This Week in Logistics News (June 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. FedEx in the news: FedEx invests in FourKites to build intelligent supply chain platform. EV Has a Problem: 90% of the Battery Supply Chain ‘Does Not Exist’. San Diego-based Platform Science is backed by Daimler Truck AG, as well as venture investors.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 29 – June 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. According to documents reviewed by Bloomberg, Instacart will begin building automated fulfillment centers around the US where robots would fetch groceries while human counterparts collect produce and deli products. That’s the kind of beer and shot I can get behind. million vehicles.