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Charge Me Up! Energy Storage Development ā€“ A Fast Emerging Technology Needed for Sustainability

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The first iPhone only came out in 2007 ā€“ ushering in smart phone apps and all the rest in very quick succession. For transportation and logistics ā€“ the revolution to decarbonize is likewise well underway. As a sustainable logistics consultant Iā€™m often reading up on how technology is evolving in the energy sector. Charge Me Up!

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Energy Efficiency Is Key to Better Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

Logistics providers have discovered that sustainability in the supply chain delivers a good ROI. And customers, many of whom are Millennials, want to know the sourcing of the products they buy and will make decisions based on a companyā€™s sustainability record. This solution has not been overlooked by logistics companies.

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Accenture Acquires Global Logistics Consulting Firm Flo Group Global based consulting and other services firm Accenture has reportedly acquired European based global logistics consulting services firm Flo Group. The deal reportedly will further enhance Oracleā€™s logistics software deployment capabilities across Europe.

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Can a Start-up save the Worldā€™s Largest Retailer

Techgistics

In 2007, the year the iPhone was released, the iPod was Appleā€™s pre-existing cash cow with 48% of Appleā€™s revenue from iPod sales. Apple was willing to kill their biggest source of revenue as they recognized the potential of the iPhone. None of these new developments fit very well into the old modelā€™s logistics infrastructure.

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5 Ways Companies are Thinking Green in Logistics

Freight Plus

Prior to the last decade the discussion about green logistics has often been segmented from traditional supply chain management. Raw Materials / Sourcing ā€“. By 2012 they already reached their 2020 target of reducing CO2 emissions by 25 percent per container from 2007 levels. (. Listen to this article. ).

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The Amazonification of Logistics

Techgistics

The evolution of eCommerce has had a dramatic impact on both retail and logistics. Many customers now want their packages next-day, same-day, or even within one hour and as a result logistics networks have evolved to reflect these changing customer preferences. Fast and free shipping raised the stakes.

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The Changing Face of Manufacturing: How US Manufacturers are Looking Homeward

GlobalTranz

” We have many manufacturing shipper customers, and we love to create content of value for them on such subjects as best practices in logistics or trends around the supply chain. In July 2007, the price of natural gas rose to an astronomical $14 per MMBtu. Fall in the price of natural gas.