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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

Bridge linking US and Canada reopens after police remove last protesters. Ex-SpaceX engineers create autonomous rail system that may solve supply crisis. Autonomous vehicles continue to evolve with improved technology making autonomous supply chains closer to reality. And now on this week’s logistics news.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

Nestle USA , a business unit of Nestle SA, is investing in regenerative agriculture practices across its DiGiorno supply chain to reduce the company’s overall carbon footprint. Elon Musk has linked an update on that only at the delivery event, which means deliveries will likely be only for employees and Tesla insiders.

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The missing link in automotive contract manufacturing

DELMIA Quintiq

The outline of the deal is simple: Mercedes will manage the logistics and supply chain, while keeping their supplier network in place. All parts of the R-class vehicles will be assembled and painted on AM General’s production line in Mishawaka, Indiana. Adding the missing link.

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NC State’s Poole College of Management JUMPS in the rankings – and we need your support!

Supply Chain View from the Field

The full ranking is available on the Bloomberg Businessweek website , where you will find the Jenkins MBA among some of the best and well-established programs nationwide – NYU (24), USC (25), Georgetown (26), Brigham Young (27) and Indiana (28). 45 nationwide. They will re-publish the results in March 2016. Thank you for your support!

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The Future of Logistics with Courtney Muller

The Logistics of Logistics

Manifest is an event that is focused on the future of logistics technology and how technology is transforming and disrupting the supply chain and how goods are moved around the world. Everyone is talking about the supply chain. Eighty percent of the greenhouse gases come from the supply chain.

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The Critical New CSR Challenge: Third-Party Cybersecurity Risk

EcoVadis

The specter of cybersecurity-related incidents in the supply chain has risen from a marginal concern to a top issue for many companies. This was due in part to some major cyber-incidents as well as GDPR preparation. This ecosystem requires the same attention to risks as do environmental and sociopolitical ecosystems.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

FedEx in the news: FedEx invests in FourKites to build intelligent supply chain platform. EV Has a Problem: 90% of the Battery Supply Chain ‘Does Not Exist’. I asked my colleague Steve Banker for his take on the investment: “When it comes to supply chain data, more is always better.