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This Week in Logistics News (July 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

Until Tuesday evening, that username belonged to Gene Hwang, a San Francisco photographer who has held it since 2007. The pieces had to travel more than 13,000 miles from China, Canada and Virginia to the company’s Ohio distribution center. bottle of Bath & Body Works foaming hand soap used to take three months to put together.

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How Are Counterfeit Drugs Procured?

MIT Supply Chain

Mahmut Parlar, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada. In 2007 a Panamanian prosecutor announced that at least 94 people had died from taking cough medicine contaminated with toxic syrup. The social and financial damage inflicted by these illicit medicines is immense. Here are two key ones.

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Major Trends Impacting the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Ecosystem

Supply Chain View from the Field

A senior executive at a large pharmaceutical manufacturing company spoke on this issue recently, and mentioned several of these trends – and his words spell out a very different ecosystem than the one your mom and dad experienced… First, the number of prescriptions has significantly increased. In the U.S. trillion in 2017.

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Sustainable Frozen Ecommerce Fulfillment with Cathy Hayward-Hughes and Mike Bradburn

The Logistics of Logistics

It was between projects in 2007 that a high school buddy suggested they have a beer with another high school buddy who was selling seafood over the internet. She spent her childhood and much of her professional life managing people, originally on processing ships in the Bering Sea, then later in manufacturing. and Canada.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

In 2020, DSC Logistics, CJ Logistics USA and CJ Logistics Canada joined together as one operating company, with a combined warehousing footprint of approximately 30 million square feet. CEVA Logistics CEVA Logistics was formed in 2007 by the merger of TNT Logistics and Eagle Global Logistics. Revenue: KRW 16,155 billion/ $13.42

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Are You Ready for the Sharing Economy?

MIT Supply Chain

In October 2007, Brian Chesky, a recent college grad, gave up his job hunt in Los Angeles to stay with a friend in San Francisco. [i] At the start of the economic downturn in 2007, individuals strapped for cash turned to alternative methods of fulfilling their needs without making purchasing new products. Canada, and Europe. [v].

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Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking: Networked Supply.

Global Trade Management

Sunday, 25 November 2007. As manufactures and retailers increasingly depend on extended rosters of sourcing companies, the resulting networked supply chain requires improved visibility. Monday, December 03, 2007 8:01:00 am. ▼ 2007. (4). Subscribe To. Networked Supply Chains Require Better Visibility. ► 2008.

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