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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The global supply chain industry has by default, a large environmental impact, through its carbon footprint. As part of the CMA CGM Group, CEVA Logistics has a global reach, which means that we can make a global difference. We pledge to adopt better ways of doing business with the aim of becoming an industry standard.

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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

A recent episode of CBS’s “60 Minutes” ran a segment on some of the issues involved in the current global supply chain crisis — focusing primarily on U.S. Correspondent Bill Whitaker ( @BillWhitakerCBS ) reported, “Getting the goods from here to store shelves is proving to be a lot more daunting. ”[2].

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Körber acquires enVista’s omni-channel and global freight audit and payment services. The two designs, one that looks more like a small plane used by hobbyists and another with a big belly used for additional cargo space, were recently unveiled in a company blog post. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Alphabet Inc.’s

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Delta outbreaks spur supply chain woes

Resilinc

and the capacity of sparsely vaccinated manufacturing countries to meet it,” reported the Wall Street Journal on August 25. The rise in COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant “is our key global concern,” stated the Oxford Economics forecasting group recently as it downgraded its estimate for 2021 global GDP growth from 6.2%

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

According to their 2017 annual report, over a quarter of Amazon’s third-party sales (which represent half of Amazon’s sales) are cross-border. Fulfillment and global logistics is increasingly a goal in and of itself. But two other angles spell out Amazon’s broader logistics play even clearer: Amazon’s global logistics footprint.

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FedEx’s Sudden Financial Miss- What Are the Implications?

Supply Chain Matters

Last evening, global parcel, logistics and transportation services provider Fedex Corp. A further factor was that air cargo rates are now down upwards of 80 percent because of lower volumes and excess capacity among carriers and commercial airlines. Development. This remains a significant challenge for FedEx. Added Perspectives.

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Freeports: The 2022 Guide

Unleashed

Singapore’s status as a global transport hub makes it naturally suited to hosting freeports, with over 100 airlines accessing its airport and 200 shipping lines passing through its port Singapore’s freeport Singapore was established as a freeport in 1819.