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Amazon’s Freight (Train) Is Coming

GlobalTranz

Amazon is not “most businesses… ” The Top Logistics Trends that Will Impact Logistics Management in 2018?. Today, for example, Amazon pre-loads un-purchased products onto a truck knowing they will be ordered by the time the truck reaches an area. GET YOUR FREE WHITE PAPER. DOWNLOAD WHITE PAPER. I bet it will.

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Express Cargo Sorting

Logistics Business Magazine

Since the acquisition of TNT in 2016 the company, founded over 50 years ago by Fred Smith, its President, has strengthened its road freight network and European presence, with 10% of its employees here. For example, a flight from Paris CDG arriving at 04.00 David Priestman grabbed a tour of the busy facility. Its fine,” he replied.

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How VR, 3D Printing & Predictive Analytics in the IOT are Currently Powering the Manufacturing Industry

GlobalTranz

Technology advancements were among the most exciting topics to watch through 2016. So, let’s take a look at how our predictions for the first four manufacturing technology trends (Predictive analytics, 3D Printing, and VR) to watch for in 2016 stacked up. Well, that image of talking trains and cars is growing larger.

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How Slotting Optimization Software Increases Labor Efficiency & Lowers Operating Costs

GlobalTranz

In 2016, finding qualified workers, like pickers, was among the top concerns of 41 percent of warehouse managers, reports Roberto Michel of Modern Materials Handling magazine. Slotting Optimization Software Enables Cross-Training of Employees for Better Throughput. Employee roles in warehouses tend to be static.

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Autonomous Transport Advances Rely on AI, Ecosystem Progress

IoT World Today

Ovum is seeing progress in autonomous vehicles, trucks, aviation, trains, and nautical vessels. Progress in autonomous transport is already seeing road, rail and air examples. Major road transport manufacturers (Tesla, for example) envisage level 4 capability in a few years, or over 10 years, and are striving to achieve this goal.

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3 Logistics Technology Trends in 2016: Automation Leads the Way

GlobalTranz

From increased affordability and efficiency of the transportation management system (TMS) to the application of Bluetooth technology for superior tracking of product movements, 2016 will be the year in which technology becomes an integral, if not the exclusive, part of the shipping process. Then, Amazon purchased Kiva , and they vanished.

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Top 25 Freight Forwarders 2017: Digitization & E-Commerce continue to reshape the marketplace

The Logistics Academy

Over the course of 2016, real revenue and volume growth in the air and sea freight forwarding markets was remarkably similar globally, but this disguises significant differences across important countries and regions, say analysts who keep a close eye on the market. Top 25 Global Freight Forwarders. A&A Rank. Gross Revenue (US$ M).