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This Week in Logistics News (October 14-18, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Also this week, The Detroit News and others reported that “Wal-Mart Stores plans to open more small stores as it links them to its supercenters, which will serve as mini-warehouses for their smaller cousins [emphasis mine].”. and “What is a transportation provider?” As a result, the answers to “What is a warehouse?”

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This Week in Logistics News (December 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

In related news, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that “officials in Colorado are planning a public-road test of battery-charging technology capable of powering electric trucks while they drive.” The Colorado Transportation Department and infrastructure developer Aecom Inc.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 30 – June 3, 2016)

Talking Logistics

And this week, Reuters reported that Walmart is “six to nine months from beginning to use drones to check warehouse inventories in the United States.” The company demonstrated the use of drones to reporters this week at one of its distribution centers.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

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. Robots outnumber human workers in this autonomous truck yard north of Denver. million from 145.4