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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). While freight industry executives likely sighed with relief when an update of Amazon’s logistics.amazon.com page on June 28th turned out to be nothing more than a franchise model for courier delivery services.

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Supply Chain Resilience Core Capacities

MIT Supply Chain

A side-by-side matrix Our analysis is captured in the comparison matrix below. For example, the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland caused a primary loss of freight transportation capacity, but that loss also robbed many companies of supply capacity. Disruption comparison matrix?—?Source: Source: James B.

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Why Data Sharing is Limited in a Competitive Environment

Supply Chain Trend

In Pierre Pinson’s article “To Share or Not to Share: The Future of Collaborative Forecasting,” the comparison between data and big oil is striking. The meat manufacturer could only react on such short notice because of the POS data from the retailer. Asymmetry of Data Ownership. It was a win-win situation. CONCLUSION.