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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

While the Wing and Walmart services are still pretty limited, with each service initially designed to perform around 100 deliveries per day, they have both moved beyond the research and development phase. And in that way, they are both outpacing Amazon, which has yet to launch a commercial drone delivery service in the US.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 16-20, 2016)

Talking Logistics

You get on the M25 and before long you have a front seat view of the biggest transportation challenge facing companies in England and many other countries around the world: traffic congestion. and Fast Radius’ On Demand Production Platform™ and 3D printing factory in Louisville, KY.” highway system.

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3D Printing Changes the Supply Chain

Kinaxis

Just as important as the prototype itself, is the thought and research behind the design. The two companies have jointly opened a facility near the UPS air hub in Louisville, Kentucky, with more than 100 industrial 3D printers. Printers can be a vast source of digital information based on the memory they possess.

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How to Get Out of New Jersey Without Losing Your Shirt

DAT Solutions

The truck-specific section included material from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) and featured this list of the ten worst bottlenecks in the U.S. I looked specifically at the lane between Fort Lee, NJ and Louisville, KY, because those metro areas were #3 and #4 on the list, respectively. mile to Louisville.

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Everyone Is Sick of the 3 Worst Bottlenecks in America

GTG Technology Group

Recently, the American Highway Users Alliance and the American Transportation Research Institute’s ranked a list of the worst bottlenecks in America. American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) recent study named it the #1 worst bottleneck in the United States out of a 250 surveyed locations.

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Which States are Making the Grade in Logistics?

Material Handling & Logistics

The 2018 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card , conducted by Conexus Indiana for the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research, rates U.S. The 2018 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card , conducted by Conexus Indiana for the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research, rates U.S.

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Easier than reducing carbon footprint – 5 Steps to make a dent in the Huge and Hidden Cost of CPG Sustainability

GlobalTranz

LTL gets even trickier according to a report by the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. . There are many causes of damage in transit and even effective stretch wrapping will only eliminate part of the problem – albeit according to our research a large part. The Author.