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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

15 countries, Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales declared that they will collaborate towards realizing 100 percent zero emission new trucks and bus sales by 2040.

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4 Crucial Commodities to Watch in 2023

Resilinc

And in 2021, Apple reported that 13% of cobalt shipped in its products came from recycling. Some sources predict future lithium shortages due to the large quantities of water required for lithium production, which is taxing for areas like South America and Australia that are prone to drought. Will there be replacements for cobalt?

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The Christmas Tree Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Pickyourownchristmastree.org states that in 2019 over 26 million new trees were purchased in the U.S., In Europe most of the real trees are grown in Germany, followed by Denmark, France, Belgium and Great Britain. The vast majority of artificial trees, 80%, are manufactured in China for export worldwide.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. Demand for ocean freight was lower than anticipated, and Hanjin Shipping, another top ten ocean liner, was already teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. The Post-2016 Strategy: End-to-end Shipping.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15-19, 2013)

Talking Logistics

As I’ve commented in previous postings, if you are a 3PL or transportation company and you’re not involved in cross-border shipping with Mexico, then you are missing out on a growing business opportunity (see Reuters article from December 2012). And finally, UPS raised a red flag by lowering its full-year EPS expectations.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Revenue data is sourced from the companies’ websites and market research platforms such as Macrotrends. A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. billion (2019) Headquarters: Hedehusene, Denmark CEO: Jens Bjørn Andersen 9. Revenue: $14.2

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The best coffee marketing ideas to grow your roastery sales

Unleashed

April Coffee Roasters in Denmark has a good example of a coffee podcast, which they ran from 2018 to 2019. Coffee and other products: Coffee roasters can team up with other product manufacturers to make highly popular combinations. Are there any local manufacturers in your area? So, what could you talk about?