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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

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For routes previously served by sedans, SUVs and minivans can deliver more than double the number of packages while the company’s “high-capacity vans” are able to service nearly five times as many packages, Mulligan said. They include Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™! An Interview with Michael Massetti, VP at Gartner!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I went to the University of Notre Dame for my BSEE degree and the University of Vermont for my MSEE and MBA degrees. Just think about it, we are discussing touchless orders, lights-out warehouses, autonomous transportation for delivery, and prescriptive actions taken by intelligent robots. I’m the oldest of 3 children.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

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According to a FedEx spokesperson, adding more robotics to its operations could help improve the safety and efficiency of FedEx package handling operations globally. Apparently, warehouses are full. As a result, cargo is clogging the ports of Los Angeles amid a railroad worker shortage. That’s all for this week.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

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While many retailers are discounting, canceling orders, and otherwise scrambling to get rid of a glut of goods filling their stores and warehouses, some are embracing their higher inventory levels. While prescriptions are not eligible for the retailer’s one-hour delivery service, they may be eligible for delivery through Walgreens Express.

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What is Flow Production – And Can SMEs Use it?

Unleashed

The goods are put through different stages on the assembly line before being packaged for delivery to the end customer. The company, founded in Vermont, offers tours of its first factory, which was built in 1985 and now manufactures around 350,000 pints of ice cream a day.