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Ben E. Keith To Accelerate Inbound Logistics Performance With ArrowStream Crossbow

By centralizing its inbound logistics information in Crossbow, Ben E. Keith will see savings drivers and will be able to attach lane-level operational and financial targets to all improvement initiatives across its network.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port of Quincy Seeks $16.2 M For Intermodal Terminal

The Port of Quincy Intermodal Terminal Infrastructure Expansion Project has received widespread support with dozens of shippers and organizations sending letters to the Washington State Legislature in support of the request.

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Featured In Food Logistics: Useful Insights On Global Cold Storage Capacity

Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA)

The Global Cold Storage Capacity Report from the Global Cold Chain Alliance offers companies looking to learn about growth opportunities in the global cold chain an excellent tool for planning their strategy.

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Farmers Turn To Robots As New Farm Hands

Harvest Automation created robots that help automate and mechanize labor in nurseries and greenhouses, navigate autonomously, and help farmers move goods and gather information within existing and some unstructured environments.

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Brazilian Truckers Strike Crimps Food Deliveries

The protests are part of a reaction to the return of fuel taxes, one of several unpopular measures that President Dilma Rousseff is counting on to shore up government fiscal accounts.

Striking truckers block a federal highway in Goiania, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015. Weeklong protests by Brazilian truckers demanding lower fuel and toll prices have spread, causing shortages of gasoline and other products.

Featured In Food Logistics: Changing Distribution Strategies Challenge Fleet Managers

Food and beverage shippers are responding to a push from national to regional distribution, driven partly by the demand for locally-sourced products.

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Indonesia’s Blue Bird Group Combines Three Logistics Companies

Blue Bird is hoping to create a company that offers a full range of logistics services, including warehousing, to big-name clients such as convenience store chain 7-Eleven and consumer products giant P&G.

China Fruit Imports Jump 23% In 2014

Leading the imports were bananas, with imports increasing 119 percent to more than 1.1 million tons.

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Software & Technology

Overstock.com's Farmers Market Offers Home Delivery For Local Food

Farmers Market within the Overstock.com website offers customers throughout the U.S. access to home delivery of seasonal, healthy food, grown and produced in their area.

Overstock.com, an ecommerce company that delivers local fresh food through its Farmers Market business, has gained better insights into its operations and reduced task duplications by paying closer attention to data analytics.

Kentucky Offers Plenty For Food & Beverage Companies

Access to a world-class multi-modal infrastructure and a generous state economic development program are just a few tasty incentives.

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Fleet Management

The Fleet Manager's 2015 Forecast

Industry execs offer insights on the pressing challenges and most promising responses.

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Material Handling Equipment

Want A Safer Warehouse? Start With Forklift Users

Using data to manage a fleet of lift trucks pinpoints the safety issues, but keeping the operator comfortable means keeping everyone safe.

A warehouse worker uses Crown's QuickPick Remote to move the lift truck ahead in the aisle, eliminating the need to step up and down off the truck to move to the next pick position.

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