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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

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Logistics was first applied and recognised in military operations, its most significant impact is felt through the functions of production, distribution and consumption (Rodrigue and Slack, 2002). Also, traditional logistics focuses its attention on activities such as procurement , distribution, maintenance, and inventory management.

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

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April 2014 North American Freight Numbers. Several reports have been published in recent years underscoring the growing importance of supply chain risk management. 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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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

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Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Kuehne + Nagel Inc.

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

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Boston startup raises $10M for retail software that predicts inventory needs (Boston Business Journal). Freightos unveils beta launch of international freight price index (American Shipper). 2016 North American Freight Numbers. Trump administration re-evaluating self-driving car guidance (Reuters). Guess what?

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This Week in Logistics News (January 9-13, 2017)

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Federal Judge Deals Swift Transportation Legal Setback (WSJ – sub. November 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). If Amazon has serious plans of realizing this idea, there’s already a company in the UK called Mole Solutions that has been working on creating “underground freight pipelines” since 2002.

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Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

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“This dispute has left a damaging effect on our industry—causing extreme delays and millions in lost sales,” the American Apparel & Footwear Association said, as reported in the WSJ. “If If our ports aren’t open, we can’t trade. We cannot let this happen again. The bottom line for all U.S. The post Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

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Virtually all of those startups disappeared by 2002 — they either burned through all of their investment money or were acquired by bigger fish. Velocity Mail (June 2018) : “an electronic transportation network that provides global air carriers with mail and parcel shipment scanning and tracking solutions.”.