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10 Books Logistics And Supply Chain Experts Need To Read

Freightos

All those books would weigh 49,000 kilograms – half the cargo mass of a Boeing 747-200F. Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate by Rose George ( Link ). Amazon has 31,817 books about supply chain and 24,934 about logistics.

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Tesla and the Future of the Trucking Industry

Elementum

The global trucking industry is currently facing two great challenges for sustainability: to transport a significantly higher volume of goods, and to further develop new means of delivery concepts. On July 20th, Musk unveiled his “Master Plan Deux”, which included the “Tesla Semi” to revolutionize and shake up the trucking industry.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Advance Auto Parts @AdvanceAuto The auto parts industry is driven by speed, as independent garages can’t afford to wait for parts they need to repair their customers’ vehicles. Globally, the company ranks 3rd in air and ocean freight, and ranks 5th for international contract logistics.

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Applying History’s Lessons to New Resiliency Plans

CH Robinson Transportfolio

However, we saw similar supply chain outages associated with the 2004 Tsunami in Thailand, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Japan’s earthquake and Tsunami in 2011. The logistics industry has undergone a massive digital transformation that enables us to have smart, connected global supply chains.