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The next supply chain frontier: space

Resilinc

A critical support system for these bold explorations is a supply chain whose main logistics provider, SpaceX, recently secured a $7 billion contract from NASA. Elon Musk’s SpaceX was tapped last year to “deliver critical pressurized and unpressurized cargo, science experiments and supplies to the Gateway.”

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Logistics Report: Forecasting More Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Shifting Compet ition

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. A growing number of logistics operators and industry observers see the snarls bottling up supply chains this year extending deep into 2022. Emirates Airlines’ cargo operations at Dubai International Airport in February. Cargo Facts).

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What is “World Logistics Passport” initiative?

Shipsy

It overcomes non-tariff trade barriers by fast-tracking cargo movement, reducing administrative costs, advancing cargo information and facilitating movement across borders. along with Indonesia & South Africa, joining Colombia, Senegal, Kazakhstan, Brazil, Uruguay and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the club of trading nations.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

As was confirmed for me yet again this week at a conference, the most utilized supply chain and logistics application, the reigning champ of them all, is the Excel spreadsheet. Global Supply Chains Open Door to Fraud ( CFO.com ). Forget cloud, social, and mobile. Forget WMS and TMS. Forget BI and analytics.

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Ship Smarter: How to Avoid Bottlenecks in Your Global Operations

ThroughPut

You can’t just turn around a giant cargo ship. Even at some of the world’s best supply chains, redirecting chemicals and other products is a Herculean effort. I’ve been in supply chain management for more than a decade now. Supply chain flow has a lot of one-way check valves. By Ali Hasan Raza.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Wolfgang Lehmacher!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. 10 Vital Supply Chain Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic! At Supply Chain Game Changer we believe in sharing experiences and expertise from people in every industry and from across the globe. My passion is supply chain and positive change.

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

According to the 30th Annual State of Logistics Report by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), companies spent $1.64 trillion on logistics and transportation services in the United States in 2018, an increase of 11.4% billion, while transportation costs increased by 10.4%