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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon Pharmacy, born out of the company’s 2018 acquisition of online pharmacy PillPack, allows customers to order prescription medications for home delivery, with free shipping for Prime members. The post This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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This Week n Logistics News (February 24 – March 1)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. Walmart said its suppliers have removed 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse-gas emissions from their value chains, six years ahead of the target date. The e-commerce boom didn’t just change consumers’ lives, it transformed entire regions, turning backwaters into logistics-driven boomtowns.

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Top Talking Logistics Videos and Posts in 2018

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As 2018 comes to an end, a quick thank you to all of our readers, followers, and sponsors for another great year of learning and conversation on Talking Logistics. Over $58,000: the amount of money our Logistics Leaders for T1D Cure team raised in support of JDRF and its quest to turn Type 1 Diabetes into Type None. I like that.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. million metric tons of steel won’t be subject to a tariff, and any steel beyond that will be subject to a 25 percent duty. As the omicron variants continues to spread around the world, the logistics workforce is being hit hard. Walmart doubles down on delivering groceries to your fridge.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 13-17, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Back at work, getting caught up on all of the supply chain and logistics news from the past two weeks. Cass Truckload Linehaul Index (July 2018). On the day I took off on vacation, project44 (a Talking Logistics sponsor) announced “a new international and domestic Parcel tracking and address validation solution.”

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Sorry, I’m Not Sure: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2018

Talking Logistics

I will be wrong again,” I stated last year before making my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 , and I was right. But I was right with some of my other predictions, especially my prediction that we would see a rise in cyber attacks in 2017, with supply chain and logistics operations becoming new targets. per barrel.

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The importance of reverse logistics in your supply chain network

Kinaxis

by Iman Niroomand Reverse logistics is defined as the process of moving goods beyond their typical final destination for things like re-use, capturing value, or proper disposal. Supply chain executives measure the effectiveness of that flow using the on-time delivery (OTD) metric. They include: volume of returns. dollar value.