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This Week in Logistics News (February 25 – March 1, 2019)

Talking Logistics

So I brought it back to the garage, and they replaced it again, at no cost, of course. req’d) Package delivery startup Roadie receives $37 million in funding (Fox Business). Yeah, you can say I’m skeptical about these delivery robots — especially in high-density, urban neighborhoods where the sidewalks are crowded enough.

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Amazon’s Freight (Train) Is Coming

GlobalTranz

Of course, along with that comes a lot of products that need delivering. Amazon announced that it shipped 5 billion items through Prime alone in 2017, and some analysts estimate it will ship over 4 billion packages in 2018. Significant energy goes into optimizing its distribution and delivery model.