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This Week in Logistics News (June 23-27, 2014)

Talking Logistics

So it gives me great pleasure to say, that with the next pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, the NBA selects Isaiah Austin from Baylor University.”. April 2014 North American Freight Numbers. The last shutdown occurred in the fall of 2002, as retailers were preparing for the Christmas holiday period. It lasted 10 days and cost the U.S.

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Distribution Outlook: 2018

NFI Industries

In the third quarter of 2017, Prologis reported that consumer activity reached its highest level since 2014 1. Warehouses today have doubled in size compared to 2002; however, even with larger distribution centers (DCs), the distribution market.

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What does increasing regulatory oversight mean for the pharma supply chain?

The Network Effect

Within a decade, the number of FDA warning letters sent to medical device manufacturers has increased threefold, from 61 letters in 2002 to 181 in 2012 (EC A 2012). Higher GDP standards are looming in a number of countries – new guidelines will come into force during 2014 in Brazil, the European Union and China.

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Why the West Coast Ports Labor Dispute Matters to Retailers

The Network Effect

Shippers still bear the scars from the disastrous 2002 work stoppage and have countermeasures in-place to avoid major disruption. Bottom line: the mere threat of a West Coast work stoppage has already been a major imposition and inconvenience to shippers but the actual risk to the 2014 Holiday season is much less.

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Inflation is Back Up – Are you Ready?

Herlitz Inventory Management

Welfare reform. Fed raised rates. LTCM crisis. Glass-Steagall repealed. Tech bubble burst. Bush tax cut, 9/11 attacks. War on Terror. Katrina, Bankruptcy Act. Bernanke became Fed Chair. Bank crisis. Bank crisis. Financial crisis. ACA, Dodd-Frank Act. Debt ceiling crisis. Government shutdown. Sequestration. Deflation in oil and gas prices.

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Infor’s Acquistion of GT Nexus: If I Had a Magic Wand

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2014, SAP posted revenues of 19.5B$ and Oracle with 38.3B$. Founded in 2002 under the name of Agilisys, Infor rebranded in 2004. In the period of 2002-present, the company acquired/aggregated many applications. Despite numerous acquisitions and product development efforts, SAP and Oracle are much larger industry giants.

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Reviewing the Hottest Cryptocurrencies!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The concept of cryptocurrencies was introduced in 2002 at the very first glance, and in 2007, Nick Szabo conceptualized cryptographic cash named bit gold. Ethereum was invented in the year 2014, and the network of Ethereum went live in 2015. Hottest cryptocurrencies article and permission to publish here provided by Jean Nichols.