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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

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How Walmart and Alphabet jumped ahead of Amazon in drone delivery. USPS slowing first-class package delivery to lower costs. The projects will supply clean energy for Amazon’s operations, including its corporate offices, fulfillment centers and Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers that support millions of customers globally.

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

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NielsenIQ’s data shows the market for nonalcoholic beer, wine and spirits grew more than 20 percent last year, and more than 120 percent over the last three years. The company announced last year that Amazon Prime customers in Lockeford, CA, will start receiving package deliveries by drone by the end of 2022.

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UPS opens up new Atlanta-based ‘super hub’ operating facility

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Global transportation and logistics services provider UPS announced this week that it has officially opened up its second-largest United States-based, and fourth largest global network package operating facility. local delivery positions for 288 package cars; 30%-to-35% more efficient than older, more manual facilities; and.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 30 – October 6)

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Under the service, called Return a Package, an Uber driver will pick up sealed and prepaid packages at a customer location and drop them off at a local post office or FedEx Corp. said Wednesday it has begun offering a service to handle returns. or UPS Inc. The company said service will not be impacted by the hub’s closure.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 17 – 23)

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Unionized UPS workers could strike this summer Walmart opens largest fulfillment center in Indiana Target tests larger next-day delivery effort Commerce Dept. Hackers have targeted companies of all sizes and in all industries in recent years, particularly through ransomware strikes and data-extortion tactics. That’s all for this week.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 11 – 17)

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Drone deliveries have continued to gain steam, and a lot of the media attention has been around Amazon losing ground in the US. However, the company announced earlier this week that Amazon Prime customers in Lockeford, CA, will start receiving package deliveries by drone later this year.

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Top 25 Supply Chains of 2018

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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. In fact, BMW has adopted any number of digital production technologies, such as data analytics, smart logistics and 3D printing. Printer-friendly version. Media Type. Media Credit. Privacy Settings.