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Companies Cannot Transform Through AI Alone

Logistics Viewpoints

UPS dominated business and trade headlines for a day in late January when the world’s largest package delivery company announced plans to cut 12,000 full- and part-time management jobs as part of a new initiative called “Fit to Serve.” What stood out even more was the “subhead” of UPS’ announcement. He lives in Chicago.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 31 – January 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company announced last year that Amazon Prime customers in Lockeford, CA, will start receiving package deliveries by drone by the end of 2022. On December 22, the first deliveries from new sites in Texas and California were made, according to David Carbon, Vice President of Prime Air at Amazon. battery manufacturing.

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Overcoming The Current Supply Chain Labor Shortage

ShipLilly

Logistics offers employment for those workers that have been displaced in other industries. May 2020 showed that the logistics industry was also facing significant pressure and that people were going to be laid off in the short run. These workers would be deployed in its order fulfillment and package delivery departments.

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Top 25 Supply Chains of 2018

Material Handling and Logistics

One of the most popular articles we’ve ever done is our look at analyst group Gartner’s annual ranking of the Top 25 Supply Chains. Our look at the Top 25 (plus 4) Supply Chains of 2018 examines how the best companies in the world excel at managing their global supply chains. Content Summary: Soft drink giant Coca-Cola Co.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 25-29, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Startups to Deliver Packages for Amazon. What do you do when demand for package delivery outstrips capacity? In Amazon’s case, the company has been investing for years in it’s own delivery assets and capabilities to augment those of UPS, USPS, FedEx, and other partners (see Amazon: Disruptor or Distraction?

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This Week in Logistics News (September 4-8, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Robinson , Descartes Systems Group , and Elemica — and the many friends and family members who have already donated for your generous support. As Florida braces for Hurricane Irma, the aftershocks of Hurricane Harvey are still being felt, including within the trucking industry. I am $706 short of my fundraising goal.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 25-29, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Mercedes-Benz Vans, Matternet and siroop start pilot project for on-demand delivery of e-commerce goods. Loblaw says it’s exploring grocery home delivery partnership with Instacart (CTVnews). Package delivery startup Doorman is shutting down (TechCrunch). Ford and Lyft Sign Driverless-Car Agreement (WSJ – sub.