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E-commerce and the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

The number of online shoppers in the United States reached 209.6 ”[1] The fact is the digital path to purchase is growing globally — not just in the United States. The staff at Logistics Management notes, “E-commerce has changed the way the logistics and supply chain game is played. ”[2].

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

The quantity of goods carried by containers soared from 102 million metric tons in 1980 to about 1.83 billion metric tons as of 2017. Gravity regularly uses the data of third-party logistics (3PLs) providers. In 1956, manually loading a ship cost $5.86 ” An expected global surprise.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 7-11, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Where were you on September 11, 2001 when the planes hit the towers? Remembering 9/11 seems more important to me, even if it doesn’t directly relate to supply chain and logistics. They also lack process controls and metrics. Moving on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news… XPO Logistics to Acquire Con-way.