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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

In reporting of the latest investment, The Wall Street Journal observed that the total investment represents Amazon’s largest investment in another company since its founding 30 years ago. Founded in 2003, Utah based Avetta has reportedly deployed by 500 clients located in more than 130 countries.

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Walmart again Raises Chargeback Stakes

Enterra Insights

After all, shave off $20 here for a short lot, $5 there for a cracked pallet and $10 over here for a mangled shipping label, and before long, it can run into real money. Back in 2003, Zeiger wrote, “In some cases, [suppliers insist], the requirements are petty, arbitrary or even illogical. Footnotes. [1]

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Post-pandemic Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Tan points out, when the SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, epidemic broke out in 2002 and 2003, “China contributed 4% to the world’s GDP. And because of supply chain tiering and the delays inherent in ocean container shipping, many companies are only now coming to grips with the depth of their dependencies.”[6].

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Drones in Supply Chain

ModusLink Corporation

The Autonomous Mobile Robot Market Is Taking Off Like A Rocket Ship. The international journal of logistics. An exploration of warehouse automation implementations: cost, service and flexibility issues. Academic paper. 2019, March 11). 2016, June 06). DHL employs robot as picker’s best companion. Retrieved from DHL.com.

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Drones in Supply Chain

ModusLink Corporation

The Autonomous Mobile Robot Market Is Taking Off Like A Rocket Ship. The international journal of logistics. An exploration of warehouse automation implementations: cost, service and flexibility issues. Academic paper. 2019, March 11). 2016, June 06). DHL employs robot as picker’s best companion. Retrieved from DHL.com.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

In the 1960s, there were some prominent textbook authors and authors of academic and professional journals. Universities, scholarly journals and textbooks, and professional organizations all contributed to making the decade productive (R. In one of the old article of SCMDOJO “ What is Supply Chain Management ? Neil Southern, 2011).

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55 Supply Chain & Logistics Experts You Should Follow on Social

The Logistics of Logistics

As a leading supply chain innovator and consultant with more than 20 years in the industry, Lisa is also a sought-after logistics conference speaker and a renowned author who has appeared in media outlets like the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, and CEO Magazine. . Mims is a science and technology journalist for The Wall Street Journal.