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Emerging Technologies

How Bitcoin Technology Can Build Trust in the Food Supply Chain

Provenance, a small U.K. B2B software startup, is experimenting with proving tuna caught in Indonesia is being delivered to Japanese restaurants, using info on sensors or RFID tags and local certification, recorded in the blockchain, to track the fish.

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Fleet Management

Hyperloop to Unveil First Major Prototype

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT)

The site will also house a new Transponics test lab, which will continue to innovate on the propulsion system that launches a Hyperloop vehicle to high speeds.

Hyperloop One has announced the opening of Hyperloop One Metalworks, the first Hyperloop manufacturing plant in the world.

Waste Reduction

3D Printing of Food Expands, Saves Waste and Helps Environment

The global market for 3D printed food is anticipated to be driven by a need for mass customization, as 3D printing saves both time and waste.

3D printing of food has the potential to trump many current food customization techniques, though the manufacturing cost is quite high.

Software & Technology

Oracle to Acquire NetSuite

The transaction is valued at $109.00 per share in cash, or approximately $9.3 billion.

The closing of the transaction is subject to receiving certain regulatory approvals and satisfying other closing conditions including NetSuite stockholders tendering a majority of NetSuite’s outstanding shares in the tender offer.

E-Commerce Solutions

DHL Invests $137 Million in U.S. E-Commerce Infrastructure

The Group's objective is to exploit the global B2C e-commerce market for shipments crossing borders which is expected to grow from $400 billion today to a total global volume of $1 trillion in 2020.

After the first order fulfillment center opened in Columbus, Ohio, last year and followed by a facility in Los Angeles, DHL eCommerce will establish further regional centers in New Jersey and other locations in 2017.

7-Eleven Makes First Drone Food Delivery in Reno

The 7-Eleven drone delivery clearly preempts statements Amazon had stated in the past, when it intended to be the first to offer delivery services through drones.

The Flirtey drone successfully lowered each food package into the family's backyard within a few minutes of the delivery. Already delivering food items through services such as those offered by Postmates and Tapingo, 7-Eleven has stated that it intends to widely launch a delivery service powered by drones sometime in the future.

Investors Daily News: Amazon Fresh is on the Move

First tested in Seattle almost a decade ago, AmazonFresh has quietly popped up since then in about a dozen cities along the coasts.

If it now opens brick-and-mortar grocery locations, Amazon would appear to be acknowledging that some kinds of purchases just might not be well-suited for the doorstep-delivery model.

Material Handling Equipment

Featured in Food Logistics: The ‘Always On’ Supply Chain Arrives in Full Force

Enhanced computing power has improved predictive analytics and supplemental tools–such as automation and wearables.

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Will Robots Save The Farm?

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Software Solutions

Software and Technology Innovation Empowers the Food Supply Chain

Logistics decision makers have more tools available to improve efficiency.

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Software Solutions

Supply Chain Planning and Execution Toolkit Makes Strides

Data among all supply chain nodes can integrate, creating more capable management tools.

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Material Handling Equipment

The ‘Always On’ Supply Chain Arrives in Full Force

Material Handling Institute 2016 Report explores a convergence of evolving software and hardware.

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