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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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