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Amazon’s Project Tetromino Points to the Next Frontier in Last-Mile Automation
Amazon has spent years automating fulfillment centers, where robots move inventory, assist picking, sort products, and reduce the number of touches required to get an order out the door. Its next major automation challenge may be much closer to the customer. Amazon is reportedly developing an advanced delivery-station concept known internally as Project Tetromino, designed…
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Descartes Acquires Tai for $100 Million, Expanding Its Freight Brokerage Technology Stack
Descartes Systems Group has acquired Tai Software, an AI-powered transportation management system provider focused on freight brokers, for approximately $100 million. The transaction was funded with cash on hand. The acquisition expands Descartes’ transportation management capabilities while bringing Tai’s transaction, carrier, and shipment-execution data into the Descartes Global Logistics Network. More broadly, it strengthens Descartes’…
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The New Management Discipline: Designing Decision Rights for Machines
Every organization has decision rights, whether they are formally documented or embedded in daily practice. Managers approve spending at different thresholds, planners can override certain rules, warehouse supervisors can reprioritize work, and executives retain authority over decisions with strategic consequences…. The post The New Management Discipline: Designing Decision Rights for Machines appeared first on Logistics…
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Advance Auto Parts rebids carrier contracts, expects to save tens of millions
The retailer’s focus on transportation efficiency is part of a larger goal to optimize its supply chain through shipment accuracy and distribution center processes.
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H&M, Inditex and PVH’s garment manufacturer called out for alleged union-squashing
Union employees of a Turkish supplier for the apparel brands said they “should not remain silent while union rights are being violated.”
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How big box retailers are using tariff refunds
Walmart is investing its $2.9 billion return into price cuts, while Target plans for additional reimbursements and Home Depot and Lowe’s offset higher costs.
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USPS announces 6% rate increase for 2026 peak season
The holiday price bump is set to impact Ground Advantage, Priority Mail and other package shipping services starting Oct. 4.
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BJ’s Wholesale Club to cut SKUs by 20%
The retailer, which has attempted reduction efforts in the past, hopes to bring down its inventory assortment to 6,000 or 6,500 SKUs.
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Gulf crisis sees Jebel Ali crash out of top 30 box port ranks after 20 years
It took just six months for Jebel Ali to crash out of the top 30 container ports ranks, after more than two decades among the 10 busiest gateways in the world, as the impact of the US/Israel war on Iran continues. Alphaliner’s half-year assessment of box port standings is bleak reading for gateways on the…
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Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia plan coordinated response to box ship fires
Singapore is seeking closer cooperation with Malaysia and Indonesia to improve regional response to containership fires. Cargo-related incidents aboard box ships have become an increasing concern for the maritime industry. The move was outlined at the 17th Cooperation Forum in Singapore yesterday, where the three countries discussed navigation safety and marine environmental protection in the…