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

Logistics Viewpoints

An emerging trend over the last few years has been “dry January” where people abstain from alcohol for the first month of the year. The company announced last year that Amazon Prime customers in Lockeford, CA, will start receiving package deliveries by drone by the end of 2022. As the saying goes, new year new you.

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Flight club

Automotive Logistics

Current studies forecast a huge growth in industry drone application,” says Philipp Wrycza, research fellow at Fraunhofer IML, who explains that there are three main uses for drones in the automotive industry: transportation, stocktaking and inspection. “We Robert Garbett, founder of Drone Major Group. billion ($1.6

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling and Logistics

But many people are not aware that last-mile deliveries are also handled by thousands of small local and regional package delivery firms. Package delivery companies are prime targets as well. Shippers saw major rate increases and adjustments in surcharges from the U.S. Postal Service, UPS and FedEx.