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2012: California Transparency in Supply Chains Act comes into effect

EcoVadis

The Act was originally adopted by the State of California in 2010 and it requires impacted companies to disclose their efforts, if any, to ensure their direct supply chains are free from slave labor and human trafficking. In fall 2007, Gap Inc. HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THE REALITY. According to ILO , 2.4

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LTL Carrier Profile: Con-Way Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

In 2007, Con-Way bought CFI and merged it into Con-Way’s existing truckload addition. officially moved its corporate offices from San Mateo, California. The company was founded by Leland James in Portland, Oregon. Contract Freighters, Inc. CFI) was founded in 1951. Con-Way Inc. to the Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2011. Con-Way Inc.

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Why Hasn’t the Music Industry Supply Chain Responded to the Vinyl Resurgence?

Kinaxis

In the United States of America, in 2015, 12,000,000 new LPs were sold, up from 1,000,000 in 2007 (Source: Wikipedia ). In an article by Vish Knanna on Pitchfork , he talks about one in particular: Rainbo Records in Los Angeles, California. The vinyl resurgence surprised many, and the industry has been slow to react in many ways.

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Will Warehouses Eventually Go Dark?

Enterra Insights

David Sparkman, head of David Sparkman Consulting, reports, “Empty stores and shopping centers are increasingly being converted into warehouse and e-commerce distribution centers, according to the global industrial real estate firm CBRE, which examined in detail two dozen such projects ranging from southern California to Baltimore.”[2]

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An Uneven Road Ahead for Driverless Vehicles

CH Robinson Transportfolio

The first challenge featured 15 self-driving cars trying to navigate a 142-mile course between California and Nevada. There were subsequent challenges in 2005 and 2007. None of the robotic cars successfully finished the race. Each time, DARPA made the race more difficult, and each time the technology leaped ahead. Fast Lane Technology.

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Spreadsheets – A Look Back

Kinaxis

In fact, the concept of a spreadsheet on a computer goes back to 1961, when Professor Richard Mattessich, from the University of California at Berkeley, pioneered the development of computerized spreadsheets for use solely in business accounting. They helped launch the personal computer, or PC, as a viable business tool. That won’t end well.

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A Real World Humanitarian Logistics Model

MIT Supply Chain

The new work is being carried out in collaboration with Antioquia University, Colombia, University of California, Davis, US, and an independent field expert in Colombian conflict zones. A case study based on a catastrophic flood that struck the city of Villahermosa, Mexico in 2007 provides a real-world application of the model.