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This Week in Logistics News (April 30 – May 6)

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UPS to deploy RFIDs through 100 facilities this year. UPS plans to implement its smart package initiative at 100 facilities in 2022, which will involve using RFID tags on packages to speed up throughput. RFID uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

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network this year after its initial success at select facilities in 2022. network this year after its initial success at select facilities in 2022. The rate rose to $8,607 on April 1, 2022, from $3,174 a year earlier. And now on to this week’s logistics news. West Coast was $2,618 as of Feb.

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Globalization of commerce driven by metal boxes

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In Bogotá, for example, we can get ready to date someone by using a French perfume and wearing a great-looking Italian suit. 1 – Statista (2022). According to the Economist, “the shipping container has been more of a driver of globalization than all trade agreements in the past 50 years together.”

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5 Myths of Making Robots Work with People

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33% annually from 2022-2027. In an AMR-supported picking workflow, for example, a worker can avoid a lot of unnecessary walking by picking items to a tote on an AMR, directing the AMR to a conveyor system to unload, and then triggering another robot to move into place for the worker to continue picking.

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Panasonic announces 5G support for TOUGHBOOK G2

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Ideal for mobile power users that require high-bandwidth connectivity in the most extreme environments, the 5G version of the TOUGHBOOK G2 tablet will be available to order from February 2022. “As For example, as a regular notebook, for presentations, while being carried and when docked at a desk or in a vehicle.

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Rugged, Extreme Performer

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Then there is the delivery industry, with constant unpredictable disruptions to add to the existing mix – daylight or night-time conditions, heavy rain, ice-cold temperatures, and extreme heat, even in northern Europe, as summer 2022 has demonstrated across the continent. We’re with you for the long haul.

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Advantages to Andoid over Windows CE, say Denso

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Windows CE is due to be discontinued in 2022. Also, the functional guarantee will expire from March 2022,” explains Dirk Gelbrich, General Manager Technical Department at Denso Wave Europe. Also, the functional guarantee will expire from March 2022,” explains Dirk Gelbrich, General Manager Technical Department at Denso Wave Europe. “We