Dave Guggina, vicepresidente ejecutivo de cadena de suministro de Walmart, destacó que estas nuevas instalaciones automatizadas brindan capacidades mejoradas de gestión de inventario.
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Can wireless EV charging become an infrastructure player?
Wireless charging of electric vehicles — literally parking a vehicle over a concrete-embedded charging plate and magnetically connecting to a vehicle — is a niche mostly restricted to transit buses and yard tractors that pull containers around a distribution yard.
But as the rollout of plug-in charging is slowed by infrastructure buildout and lack of timely energizing, the underground solution also known as inductive charging could expand to other uses.
Expensive approach with a swift payback“We...
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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...
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¿Cómo los grandes minoristas están enfrentando la presión de la entrega de última milla?
Los minoristas están siendo presionados por el aumento de los costos de envío. A finales del año pasado, los gigantes del transporte UPS y FedEx anunciaron un aumento promedio de 5.9% en las tarifas de sus diversos servicios de envío.
Walmart alcanza cifras de entrega rápida comparables a las de Amazon
El volumen de Walmart el mismo día y el día siguiente durante el año pasado se compara favorablemente con los resultados recientes de un competidor clave. Amazon dijo que entregó más de 4 mil millones de unidades estadounidenses el mismo día o al día siguiente en 2023.
https://logistica360.pe/walmart-alcanza-cifras-de-entrega-rapida-comparables-a-las-de-amazon/
Vertical farm to provide fresh herbs to retailers in Texas, Oklahoma
Texas-based vertical indoor farm Eden Green Technology announced Tuesday it has launched an herb program, aiming to supply fresh greenhouse herbs to retailers in Texas and Oklahoma.
Founded in 2017, Eden Green operates two 100,000-square-foot greenhouses in Cleburne, just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The company has been supplying greenhouse-grown romaine and butterhead lettuce to more than 400 stores in the region.
CEO Eddy Badrina said Eden Green Technology decided to launch the...
Walmart venderá a terceros sus propias soluciones logísticas de última generación
La optimización de rutas está diseñada para ayudar a las empresas a mejorar la entrega de productos a las tiendas, un componente crítico para mantener unos niveles de existencias que satisfagan la demanda de los clientes.
J.B. Hunt boosted by Walmart deal
Intermodal operator J.B. Hunt’s stock price was boosted by the news that the company had reached a long-term intermodal service agreement with Walmart, with the deal including a sale of the shipper’s intermodal assets to the carrier.
J.B. Hunt subsidiary, J.B. Hunt Transport Inc., will acquire the intermodal containers and chassis owned by Walmart as part of the deal, which will boost the carrier’s dedicated contract services (DCS).
This service agreement has increased both companies’ current...
https://container-news.com/j-b-hunt-boosted-by-walmart-deal/
J.B. Hunt acquiring Walmart’s intermodal fleet part of long-term agreement
J.B. Hunt Transport Services announced Thursday it has entered a long-term intermodal deal with Walmart that includes volume and capacity commitments. As part of the deal, J.B. Hunt will acquire Walmart’s intermodal assets.
The multiyear deal expands an existing relationship between the two Northwest Arkansas companies, with J.B. Hunt (NASDAQ: JBHT) buying Walmart’s (NYSE: WMT) intermodal containers and chassis. Neither the size of the fleets nor the purchase price was disclosed.
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