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This Week in Logistics News (August 1-5, 2016)

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First branded ‘Prime Air’ jet in Amazon’s fleet to fly at Seafair (Seattle Times). Moving on to transportation management software news, private equity firm TPG Capital has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in Transporeon from The Riverside Company and other shareholders.

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

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Amazon expands same-day Prime delivery to 11 more cities (Seattle Times). The orders are being fulfilled from about 160 Best Buy stores in markets that include Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington.

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Distribution Center Robots: How Robots Continue to Power the Distribution Center

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According to Angel Gonzalez of the Seattle Times , systems alignment is essential to leveraging gross and fine movements from robotics to human workers. Twitter Facebook LinkedIn The post Distribution Center Robots: How Robots Continue to Power the Distribution Center appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 25-29, 2016)

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Seattle startup Flexe pulls in $14 million from investors (The Seattle Times). For related commentary, see Are Today’s Transportation Tech Startups the Uber of Trucking or the Tinder of Trucking? and The Rebirth of Transportation Marketplaces. Annual Imports. Kuebix Announces SaaS TMS with Premier Apps & Integrations.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 11-15, 2016)

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So let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon poised to take on UPS, FedEx in delivery business (Seattle Times). November 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). And if you’re reading this, neither did you.

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Customer Experience in Logistics: 4 Key Areas to Lay the Foundation

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These can include: customer relationship management (CRM), transportation management (TMS), and self-service web platforms to name just a few. He helps logistics providers to develop and manage their sales process and customer experience using technology and business innovations from a variety of industries.

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Enabling Supply Chain Flexibility: Two Important (But Often Overlooked) Factors

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If you’re predominantly an ocean shipper, for example, make sure you [also develop relationships with] airfreight providers…make sure you keep your pricing up to date, make sure you understand the routing and transit times involved if you were to use different modes and carriers.