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‘Picky’ Gatik nearing mass-produced autonomous trucks

The struggles of autonomous truck makers to move beyond the testing stage are well chronicled. Seven-year-old Gatik, which owns the short-haul pickup-and-delivery “middle mile,” is an exception. By all indications, it has the money, the partnerships and the runway to reach mass production in 2027.

After discussing Gatik’s technology progress with Apeksha Kumavat, co-founder and chief engineer, on this week’s Truck Tech podcast, I caught up with CEO Gautam Narang. That followed Monday’s...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/picky-gatik-nearing-mass-produced-autonomous-trucks

Gatik robot trucks will haul Tyson chicken, sausage and hot dogs

Breakfast sausage, hot dogs and frozen chicken breasts from Tyson Foods are beginning to move autonomously on Gatik AI trucks in Northwest Arkansas. The three-year contract could expand nationwide.

Gatik has covered a 7.1-mile route from a small warehouse to a Walmart retail store in Bentonville, Arkansas. It will serve Walmart neighbor Tyson as a third-party carrier using four Gatik trucks equipped with autonomous capability.

Gatik’s four-year project with Walmart — using driverless trucks since...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gatik-robot-trucks-will-haul-tyson-chicken-sausage-and-hot-dogs

The Stockout: CPG labor shortage is here to stay

Labor availability issues widespread, acute in CPG

The consumer packaged goods industry experienced plenty of labor issues during the pandemic, from strikes at cereal and snacking manufacturers to absenteeism at meatpacking plants. Some food companies have tried to rehire their old employees or boosted investments in automation. As the worst of the pandemic becomes more distant, I wonder whether labor availability is a generational issue rather than a temporary one. Have American families been...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-stockout-cpg-labor-shortage-is-here-to-stay

2022 Shipper of Choice Profile: Tyson Foods

The Shipper of Choice award, presented by FreightWaves in partnership with TriumphPay, recognizes manufacturers, distributors and retailers that do the best job of keeping the American economy moving by fighting driver detention, providing accessible facilities and understanding what it takes to remove inefficiencies from the supply chain.

Among the top 25 Shippers of Choice for 2022 is … Tyson Foods. 

About Tyson Foods

New York Stock Exchange tickerTSN
HeadquartersSpringdale, Arkansas
FY...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/2022-shipper-of-choice-profile-tyson-foods

FOSC chat: Technology enabling supply chain agility

Matt Waller and Ildefonso Silva are sitting down on the FreightWaves stage during The Future of Supply Chain event.

This fireside chat recap is from Day 1 of FreightWaves’ The Future of Supply Chain live event in Rogers, Arkansas. For more information and content from the event, click here.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Enabling supply chain agility through digital capabilities.

DETAILS: Matt Waller, dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, and Ildefonso Silva discuss how technology can help people understand which data is the most important and improve supply chain agility.

SPEAKER:...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fosc-chat-technology-enabling-supply-chain-agility

Amazon, Walmart to advise Washington on ocean freight policy

Some of the largest and most powerful companies in the U.S. will now have a say in shaping transportation policy in a public forum at the Federal Maritime Commission.

The FMC announced on Thursday the first 24 members to serve on its newly formed National Shipper Advisory Committee (NSAC), evenly divided between importers and exporters. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Office Depot (NASDAQ: ODP) are some of the big-name online and retail companies representing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/amazon-walmart-to-advise-washington-on-ocean-freight-policy

Camera monitoring systems gain fleet favor as adoption grows

Mario Gafencu wishes the Stoneridge Inc. MirrorEye Camera Monitor System (CMS) was around when he was rolling up 2.5 million accident-free miles as a professional driver. His first 20-mile drive on a snowy January day last year was all the evidence he needed.

“Regardless of all the road spray from all the vehicles on the road that day, my view of the traffic around my vehicle was clear and unobstructed,” Gafencu recalled. ” I was no longer guessing and hoping that a vehicle was not in that right...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/camera-monitoring-systems-gain-fleet-favor-as-adoption-grows

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