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Best Logistics and Supply Chain Conferences to Attend in 2024

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Industry Association Events (in chronological order) Event Name Date Location NRF ‘24 (Supply Chain 360) January 14 – 16 New York, NY Logistics & Automation January 24 – 25 Bern, Switzerland SMART LOGISTICS Expo January 24 – 26 Tokyo, Japan Manifest February 5 – 7 Las Vegas, NV ARC Industry Leadership Forum February 5 – 8 Orlando, FL RILA (..)

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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

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Evans Chebet of Kenya won the men’s division with a time of 2:05:54, for an average pace of 4.8 Helen Obiri of Kenya won the women’s division with a time of 2:21:38. An estimated 30,000 athletes from over 100 countries participated. minutes per mile.

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

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”[2] Although inflation has cooled the hot warehouse market a bit, last mile logistics remains an important area of focus for most retailers. To address this challenge, Switzerland is developing an autonomous underground cargo system. ” 2) Employ local sortation. Last Mile Innovation.

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

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”[2] Although inflation has cooled the hot warehouse market a bit, last mile logistics remains an important area of focus for most retailers. To address this challenge, Switzerland is developing an autonomous underground cargo system. ” 2) Employ local sortation. Last Mile Innovation.

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Digital Transformation by the Numbers, Part Two

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Didier Bonnet ( @didiebon ), a Professor of Strategy & Digital Transformation at IMD in Switzerland, insists, “Most digital transformations fail. If you jump to step 2 or 3 before succeeding at step 1, you’re likely to fail.?” 2] Those layers are: 1. ” Stage 1. Modernization. Enterprise-wide transformation.

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The VF Corporation Invested in Supply Chain Agility Before COVID Made “Agility” the New Buzzword

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Those goods flowed through three regional hubs – in Singapore, Panama City, Panama and Stabio, Switzerland – to 49 distribution centers, 24 of which VF operates. China, for example, only produces 14% of their total units, only 3% of those units end up being exported to the United States and 2% to EMEA. We will manage by exception only.

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Globalization’s Ongoing Realignment

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2] Stagnant wages and economic dislocation provided part of the answer; however, other factors, like the Ukraine War and China policies mentioned above, have added new dimensions to the debate. At the latest World Economic Forum event held in Davos, Switzerland,] Russian oligarchs [were] absent. 2] Joseph E.

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