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Last-Mile Delivery: The Link Between Driver Satisfaction and Customer Satisfaction

Talking Logistics

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt of a research report published recently, “In the Driver’s Seat: Driver Satisfaction Survey Report.”

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Transport Drones & Autonomous Vehicles: The Transportation Mode Dance Card is Getting Full

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A little more than a year ago, Audi created a parody of transport drones in the sUVA commercial, but the ideas behind these “Terminator-like” actions actually represent very real possibilities for how extensive the network of drones will grow in 2016. What’s Happening with Transport Drones for the Use in Logistics?

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This Week in Logistics News (January 22 – 27)

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” The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has mandatory drug tests that any safety-sensitive employee must complete. That contrasts with last year’s survey results, when most industry professionals feared capacity issues and higher rates as the holiday’s aftermath. A sign that says “Drug Testing Ahead.”

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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 United States Postal Service will slow delivery times for a third of its first-class packages in an effort to cut costs and its dependency on air transportation amid financial struggles.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 11 – 17)

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According to the annual consumer survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics, approximately 76 percent of US adults are expected to celebrate Father’s Day. Drone deliveries have continued to gain steam, and a lot of the media attention has been around Amazon losing ground in the US.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 27 – December 3)

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According to the annual survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics, nearly 180 million Americans shopped during the five-day holiday shopping period from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday. Black Friday is in the books, and unsurprisingly, it was a big one. billion of Kansas City Southern’s debt.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 23 – 29)

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As part of the journey, the Zevo 600 transported a shipment of Full Circle sustainable cleaning products from its headquarters in New York City to a MOM’s Organic Market location in Washington, DC, a Mid-Atlantic chain of family-owned and operated organic grocery stores. 1 of the year following the end of the vehicle’s minimum useful life.