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The “Race” to Win the Autonomous Truck Market

Logistics Viewpoints

The author, Steve Banker, after a ride along in an autonomous truck from TORC. There is no doubt that autonomous trucks will change the face of logistics. What kind of trucks will they be? When will we see autonomous trucks on the road? TORC is an autonomous truck company and an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck.

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Truck Scales with Corrosive Protections

Quality Scales Unlimited

As many of our customers know, truck scales are located in some of the roughest environments possible. Depending on your business environment, you may need to consider applying a protective coating to the truck scale’s weighbridge. We have applied truck scale deck coatings at numerous locations throughout California with great success.

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Flexi to Boost UK Production Output with Major Factory Upgrade

Logistics Business Magazine

Narrow Aisle Ltd, manufacturer of the Flexi range of articulated forklift truck-based intralogistics solutions, has announced a major investment strategy that it says will allow the company to significantly increase output at its UK production site over the next three years.

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3 Key Trends to Watch in Mexico Trucking

Now, That's Logistics

Supporting this activity is a trucking sector that’s facing some key challenges right now. Capacity is getting tight due to high demand for trucks intra USA, plus many of the Tier 1 and 2 original equipment manufacturers and high-tech companies are setting up new factories in Mexico and taking up much of the trucking capacity.”.

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DHL Working Inside GM Factory in China

Material Handling and Logistics

For example, seats are unloaded from delivery trucks, put on a conveyor system that runs underneath an assembly line, and are delivered to the assembly line operator untouched by human hands. DHL is helping GM avoid assemble errors and reduce costs, and it’s doing this from inside the plant.

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Until AI Can Solve this One Simple Task, I Wouldn’t Worry About It

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, as a picker is moving through the warehouse, their scan gun will read, “go to location XB312 and pick three cases!” It is better to receive inventory on a loading dock, take the inventory needed for a hot shot shipment, and move that inventory through the DC to a shipping dock where it is loaded on a truck. It doesn’t.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22)

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A notable example of greenwashing is when McDonald’s introduced paper straws to reduce plastic pollution. Agility Robotics , the creators of the bipedal robot Digit are bringing the world’s first factory for humanoid robots to Salem and say they will soon have the capacity to produce 10,000 robots a year.