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Viral Reaction: Zika and the Supply Chain

Elementum

More than a dozen cases have been reported in Florida, prompting the logistics companies to heighten their mitigating measures against the disease. This kind of hazardous situation is not just affecting people’s lives, but it has alerted some companies like UPS and DHL as well. SARS And Its Contagion Effect.

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Seven Misconceptions on Managing Inventory in a Market-Driven World

Supply Chain Shaman

” I have been studying the evolution of inventory technologies as an industry analyst since 2002. Two leading economists—Richard Florida and Pankaj Ghemawat—will share insights on the future of world trade and the changing nature of world demographics. This week, I published an in-depth analysis on the topic.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Deutsche Post started acquiring shares of the company in 1998 and completed its acquisition of DHL by 2002, expanding the brand ‘DHL’ to its other services. billion (December 2019) Headquarters: Miami, Florida, USA CEO: Robert E. Deutsche Post came into being after the German national mail service was privatized in 1995. Revenue: $8.93

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This Week in Logistics News (February 27 – March 3, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Those same words were also said when the ports were shut down for 10 days in 2002 , and again in December 2012 when 600 clerks went on strike , shutting down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for 8 days. “We cannot let this happen again,” is what the American Apparel & Footwear Association said in 2015. Guess what?

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Public Perception of & A Brief Timeline of Moments from the American Manufacturing Industry

GlobalTranz

It was created by a team of engineers and designers under the direction of Don Estridge of the IBM Entry Systems Division in Boca Raton, Florida. Manufacturing Enterprise Integration Act of 2002. It is IBM model number 5150, and was introduced on August 12, 1981. 1981: Six Sigma Developed by Motorola.