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Amazon’s AWS Supply Chain Joins the B2B Supply Chain Platform Race

Supply Chain Matters

West ( Oregon ), and Europe ( Frankfurt ) regions, with availability in additional geographies coming later. . The statement that AWS Supply Chain will have the ability to leverage over 30 years of Amazon ’s logistics knowledge can provide either an attraction or a threat to prospective platform customers. Announcement Significance.

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Low unemployment is great for everyone, right? (Not so much in logistics…)

NC State SCRC

percent), Oregon (3.6 Well actually…no… just ask anyone who works in the logistics sector, especially if they rely on contingent workers. The Greene Group is a staffing agency focused on the logistics sector, specifically identifying trained professionals for the warehouse, transportation, and truck driver segments.

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USPS Slowdown of First-Class Mail on Oct. 1: What Delays and Price Hikes Mean for You

Intelligent Audit

Peak season surcharges are not new factors in logistics around this time of year, but USPS is making new challenges as the entity moves to slow down certain shipments. And shippers need to understand what’s actually happening, who it will affect, and why it reinforces the importance of data as king in the logistics world.

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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

The largest impacts start in the South and move their way up the US latitudinally – think Florida to Georgia to North Carolina, and Texas to California to Washington to Oregon. Refrigerated transportation is particularly at a premium and can be difficult to secure if not working with a logistics provider with an expansive network.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news: Amazon launches same-day delivery from brick-and-mortar retail brands. FedEx has agreed to buy an ownership stake in the logistics technology vendor Berkshire Grey as part of a multi-year deal to stock its fulfillment centers with the tech firm’s robotic order fulfillment systems.

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Supply Chain Market Report – September 2022

Elementum

Finally, in April, in Oregon, we celebrated the grand opening of what we call Mod 3, and this is a $3B investment to expand our leading edge factory. That’s currently there in Oregon. When I first started at Intel many years ago, my first business trip was to Oregon, and there was one Major Intel building and a lot of farms….

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Supply Chain Market Report – September 2022

Elementum

Finally, in April, in Oregon, we celebrated the grand opening of what we call Mod 3, and this is a $3B investment to expand our leading edge factory. That’s currently there in Oregon. When I first started at Intel many years ago, my first business trip was to Oregon, and there was one Major Intel building and a lot of farms….