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UPS Strike Averted While Workers Gain Heat Protection

Logistics Viewpoints

This claim was made again in UPS’s last annual report. In the summer of 2016, my husband — a UPS delivery driver — was one of them. After several days of working in the humid August heat in 2016, my husband woke up feeling ill. Newer vehicles would also be equipped with exhaust heat shields.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The free report is available in PDF with supporting spreadsheets and high-resolution infographics here. For Maersk, June of 2016 was the breaking point. After a rough 2015, the first half of 2016 was no different. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping. The September 2016 decision mapped out a clear new direction.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 9 – 15)

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Since its founding in 2016, Miso has crowdfunded more than $50 million, according to the company. It also provides predictive analytics that can tell the restaurant more about what kind of coffee its customers enjoy and when. As a result, Walmart has been redesigning its technology to support this new supply chain model.

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2016 Supply Chain Trends: 7 of 12 Trends that Will Drive Supply Chain Management in 2016

GlobalTranz

We have already covered the top 6 trends for 2016 in manufacturing. 2016 Supply Chain Trends: The First 7 of 12. 2016 Supply Chain Trends: The First 7 of 12. Today we will begin our two part series covering the 2016 supply chain trends we expect to see come to fruition in the next year.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 – June 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart added new functionality that lets sellers purchase shipping labels for domestic orders on its marketplace. Sellers can only purchase a shipping label through Walmart for orders that are in an unshipped status, it noted. Experts say such sites will have to be clustered close to the state’s big ports and warehousing hubs.

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You Should Be Worried. Supply Chains Are Not OK. Let’s Lock Arms To Drive Change

Supply Chain Shaman

I also laugh when newscasters quip, “Just move west coast ships through the Panama Canal…” With new locks in 2016, the Panama Canal is able to handle vessels with an overall length of 366 m (1201 feet), 49 meters beam (increased by the Canal Authority effective 1 June 2018 to 51.25

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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report. On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases.