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Smart Glasses in the Warehouse with Paul Travers

The Logistics of Logistics

Paul Travers and Joe Lynch discuss smart glasses in the warehouse. Paul is the Founder and CEO of Vuzix , a leading designer, manufacturer, and marketer of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products for the enterprise, medical, defense and consumer markets.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart in the news: Walmart, suppliers continue sustainability collaboration. Small businesses getting squeezed out in push for warehouse space. Walmart began working with Alert in 2016 and launched a test of the autonomous cart-based system in a 20,000-square-foot warehouse connected to a supercenter in Salem, New Hampshire, in 2019.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 30 – May 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

Well, according to Czinger, a Los Angeles-based boutique hypercar manufacturer, that is about to be a possibility. Warehouse vacancy rates sink to 27-year low. These sixteen states were joined by the District of Columbia, the City of New York, and a Bay Area organization. Do other warehouses follow suit and join a union?’

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Warehousing News Roundup: February 18, 2019

Stord

Import fees on American cars are a problem for many companies, but Tesla’s lack of manufacturing capacity in China makes it unable to shift production to within the country to mitigate penalties. Ocado, the British warehouse automation and online grocery company, is dealing with fallout from a recent warehouse fire.

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Warehousing, the Rise of IT, Automation, and Now… Robotics

Logistics Bureau

From a simple place to stock goods, warehouses have developed in many ways—function and form included. Affected by changes in production, procurement and distribution methods, warehousing has continually been pushed and pulled in different directions. Where to Do Your Warehousing. Who Will Do Your Warehousing?

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This Week in Logistics News (October 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

Gopuff arrives in New York. This includes trucking capacity concerns, port congestion , and warehouse staff. Last week I highlighted that many toy manufacturers were looking to maximize holiday profits by selling more “ squishy ” toys. The new service launched this week and is named Carrefour Sprint.

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Regional Transportation Agencies Deploy Innovative Tech to Improve Operations, Employee Retention and Recruitment

ThroughPut

The winning companies have each completed successful eight-week proof-of-concept collaborations with participating agencies and will now move on to deploy their technologies through larger-scale pilot programs—a crucial step to help agencies understand the viability and scalability of new technology solutions.