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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

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Wendy’s is testing drone delivery in the Christiansburg, Virginia, market in partnership with DoorDash and Wing. Wing is a part of Google parent company, Alphabet, that offers automated delivery drones to transport smaller packages from businesses to homes. Franklin St., through the DoorDash app. later this year.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 21 – 27)

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households across six states – Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia. Once a customer places an order, the item is fulfilled from the store, packaged, loaded into the drone and delivered right to their yard using a cable that gently lowers the package. Between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,

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The Race for Last Mile Drones

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The company has developed a fleet of last mile drones for small package delivery in the US, Australia, and Finland. Recently, Wing has developed a fleet of new drone prototypes designed to more efficiently deliver packages ranging from small pill bottles to items weighing as much as 7 pounds.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

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Coke announces industry-leading target for reusable packaging. Highly lethal bird flu found in Kentucky and Virginia flocks. Design: make all primary consumer packaging recyclable by 2025 and use 50 percent recycled material in our packaging by 2030. New wave of contracts will lock in much higher shipping rates.

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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 9 – 15)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news: Alphabet’s Wing Develops Fleet of New Drones for More Efficient Package Delivery. Google’s parent company) subsidiary named Wing has developed a fleet of new drone prototypes designed to more efficiently deliver packages ranging from small pill bottles to items weighing as much as 7 pounds.

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Drone Delivery is Here with Tom Walker

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He has led pandemic drone delivery testing under FAA Part 107 Regulations with the State of Virginia, which established the partnership team focused on free COVID-19 test kit delivery with Walmart. Founded in 2016, DroneUp is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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