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This Week in Logistics News (April 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

With more consumers pushing for supply chain transparency, Chipotle will be testing out RFID tags at its Chicago distribution center and at 200 Chicago stores to improve the traceability of its inventory systems. At the same time, the number of suppliers in China that received procurement bids declined by 9 percent in 2021.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 9-13, 2018)

Talking Logistics

to $3.243 (Transport Topics). Trade war: Trump administration threatens China with $200 billion in additional tariffs (USA Today). Users can also use near-field communication (NFC) to read/write RFID tags. Diesel Inches Up 0.7¢ Honeywell Appoints Torsten Pilz as Chief Supply Chain Officer.

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Internet of Things (IoT) in the supply chain – a jolt of creativity required?

DELMIA Quintiq

From the presentations, it was clear that the investment in IoT hardware, from raw material tags, inventory tags, to equipment sensors – is increasing. If you found this topic interesting, leave a comment below. What I got, was quite interesting, but not yet the IoT breakthroughs that I expected.

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Reshoring: New Day, False Dawn, or Something Else?

MIT Supply Chain

Several academics have examined the topic with some useful clarifying distinctions, but the work is not easily understood. Our research also raises questions about the argument that rising costs in countries such as China is fuelling the reshoring bandwagon. China is expected to become the world’s largest economy later this year.

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Will the Nuclear Power Sector Make a Resurgence? Part One

Enterra Insights

” Nuclear power plants are also being built or in use in other Middle East and Asian countries, including China. When the topic of nuclear power generation is raised, three crises — Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima — generally enter the conversation. A topic to which we next turn. Nuclear Waste.

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

6 River Systems

For starters, a business that produces in China would only deliver its products to a warehouse in Hong Kong. At houseof, all our products are manufactured in China, which means that every light we sell spends between 6 and 8 weeks sitting on the deck of a boat. billion, while transportation costs increased by 10.4%