Category Archives: Logistics

TRUCKS REMAIN STOPPED AT MEXICAN BORDER

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Economic fallout is exacerbating as “Texas Governor Greg Abbot moved incrementally to roll back new inspection rules for commercial trucks entering from Mexico, with some companies saying they aren’t able to fulfill orders because trucks are stuck in multi-mile backups at a number of entry points.”  Many companies are bemoaning the fact that the added inspections have already cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars, not to mention the smaller paychecks for all the loaders who have had trucks failing to show up.   Read more…

MISSOURI CENTER STAGE IN TRUCK DRIVER SHORTAGE

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With burnout from the mental and physical labors of truck driving, especially during a global pandemic, the American Trucking Association has predicted a possible shortage of up to 160,000 drivers over the next decade.  On the bright side, during President Joe Biden’s recent press conference regarding the industry, Missouri was among the states highlighted that are addressing the shortage, with the state raising its trucker employment rate “by more than 8% over the past year, one of just five states to do so.”   Read more…

LOGISTICS JOBS COMING TO SOUTH ALABAMA

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Officials predict 80 new logistics jobs will be coming to South Alabama as New York-based DC Safety and Averitt Express will both be expanding their operations to Mobil County, Alabama. Upon the announcements, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey exclaimed: “days like today prove why Alabama’s economic comeback is leading states around the country and why the Mobil area is a major catalyst for the entire state.”  Read more…

BOSTON DYNAMICS LOGISTICS ROBOT ALREADY SOLD OUT

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Boston Dynamics’ logistics robot “Stretch,” which can unload trailers and maneuver containers of all shapes and sizes, has officially sold out for 2022, with deliveries now only expected for 2023 and 2024.  Stretch can also “access tight spaces and even recover packages that might shift or fall during the unloading, thanks to its advanced vision system and custom vacuum gripper.”  The robot can not only do all of this on its own, but it can also decide what to do next in real time.  Read more…

AUTOMATION WON’T HARM LOGISTICS JOBS

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Most experts believe that despite the rapid rise in automation, jobs will largely remain in the warehousing and logistics industries. While many e-commerce giants, including Amazon and Chewy, have begun to utilize automation to improve efficiency, their warehouses will continue to create thousands of jobs for the workforce.  While automation helps with not having to rely on any one single person, there will be a continued need to have the right balance between people and machines for companies to remain fecund.   Read more..

MACY’S BRINGING 2,8000 LOGISTICS JOBS TO NORTH CAROLINA

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Macy’s Inc. is planning to build a distribution and online order fulfillment center in Rowan County, North Carolina that “ultimately will employ about 2,800 people.” The $584 million dollar investment will open in 2024 in China Grove, which is only 35 miles northeast of Charlotte, and will “handle 30% of Macy’s digital supply chain when fully operational.” The state of the art facility will further build Macy’s inc. as one of the leading omnichannel retailers in the country.  Read more…

LOGISTICS HELP DRIVE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’S JOB GROWTH

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Southern California has seen an explosive boom in job growth since the recent decline of the Omnicron variant, with logistic sectors joining hospitality and healthcare in aiding the economic recovery.  In particular, the logistics center of the Inland Empire has been especially successful, nearly recovering all jobs lost since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 .    Read more…

LOGISTIC JOBS COMING TO KENTUCKY

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Total Quality Logistics, a major North American logistics provider, is set to expand at its offices in Lexington, Louisville, and unincorporated Boone County, “adding 525 jobs across those locations. It will add 300 positions in Lexington, 125 in Boone County, and 100 in Louisville.”  These new openings will help the company meet the demand for transportation services such as “ freight brokerage and third-party logistics to both domestic and international markets.”   Read more…

THE NEXT GENERATION OF LOGISTICS TALENT

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Finding and retaining talent in the logistics and warehousing space remains a massive concern countrywide due to the demand coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the rapid rise in e-commerce, “the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the transportation, warehousing and related fields will add close to 735,000 jobs by 2031.” Companies such as Prologis are helping to find and create these skilled logistics workers.   Read more…

STATE OF SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES

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Though we didn’t start experimenting with self-driving vehicles until the 2000’s, we’ve created incredible strides with the hardware in the last 15 years, but the early estimate of 2025 as when most new vehicles would drive themselves won’t become a reality. There are still harder issues being tackled, including the fact that the vehicles’ systems don’t work 100% of the time.  Though almost all “long haul trucker jobs would be eliminated,” and “the effects would be felt across the country as truckers can account for significant income to several rural areas,” this bleak future for truck drivers is still many years away.    Read more…