FortuneMore from FortuneAll LogisticsHyperloop One Sets New Speed RecordHyperloop One completed the second phase of testing its ultrafast transportation system - propelling an aerodynamic pod down a low-pressure tube at record speed and distance, the company announced last week.August 7, 2017All LogisticsOpinion: Warehouses Are Going Underwater - LiterallyI have in front of me US Patent 9,624,034 B1, titled, Aquatic Storage Facilities. The applicant is Amazon Technologies, Inc., and the idea is to use either man-made pools or natural bodies of water to store goods while waiting for fulfillment orders.July 28, 2017All TechnologyWal-Mart Asks Partners and Suppliers to Get Off Amazon Web ServicesSoon after arch-rival Amazon announced plans to buy Whole Foods for $13.7bn, Wal-Mart is apparently ramping up its defense.July 6, 2017Global Supply Chain ManagementAmazon to Collect Sales Tax in Most States Starting April 1After more than two decades of bad blood and legal wrangling between states and the online giant, Amazon will collect sales tax in all states that have such a levy. Collection in Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, and New Mexico, the final four states where shoppers don't pay required tax through the site, will begin on April 1st.March 31, 2017Education & Professional DevelopmentMany Don't Know Logistics Industry Has 'Help Wanted' Sign on DisplayThe logistics industry has a recruiting problem. It's huge, making up 8.5 percent of GDP, and growing fast. But to most job seekers, it's misunderstood - or invisible. How can a $1.3tr industry, getting bigger every year, be hidden in plain sight?August 17, 2016All TechnologyDental Supplies Company Exemplifies Digital Transformation Through Cloud, Mobile, IoTYou probably don't think of Henry Schein as a technology company. In fact, you probably don't think of Henry Schein at all. At No. 268 on the Fortune 500, it is one of the least known names on the list, in the most mundane of businesses - wholesaling supplies to dentists. But Henry Schein has managed to place itself at the center of a technological revolution. It has turned its dull-as-mouthwash catalogue business into the leading platform for digital dentistry, and increasingly for other medical practices.June 16, 2016All LogisticsTarget Pilots Use of Robots to Keep Tabs on In-Store InventoryTarget is testing robots that track inventory on its store shelves, including shampoo and laundry detergent.May 5, 2016All LogisticsAmazon's Lesser-Known Fulfillment Program Moved Billion Items in 2015E-commerce giant Amazon handled the warehousing, packing and shipping of 1 billion items last year for merchants that are part of its fulfillment program.January 11, 2016All TechnologyMatching Empty Warehouses With Short-term Inventory Storage NeedsA lean operation with a brilliant idea - caffeinated club soda - wants to crack the L.A. market during the spring. Sounds like a slam dunk, but they don't want to commit to a long warehouse lease while they're still getting a foothold. Meanwhile, a Christmas-decoration warehouse sits largely empty. It's a classic missed connection - and it’s common.October 16, 2015All LogisticsAmazon Wants You as a Same-day Delivery PersonAmazon is taking aim at delivery services like Postmates with the launch of a program called Flex., which calls for drivers to make $18 to $25 per hour delivering packages to users of Amazon Prime Now using their own cars and phones.October 5, 2015Previous PagePage 13 of 22Next Page
