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Can B2B e-commerce solve supply chain issues?

Cathy Roberson

According to IHS Markit, March US purchasing manager’s index (PMI) was the second strongest since data collection began in May 2007. In 2019, it re-acquired HD Supply, a company it sold in 2007. For international transportation, there is the additional requirement of clearing customs.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 6-10, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Google seems to be working on warehouse robots like Amazon’s (Quartz). iContainers, Expedia for transporting freight internationally, raises $6.7 April 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). shouts the warehouse foreman from the rooftop. DHL employs robot as picker’s best companion. million (TechCrunch).

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Supply Chain Uncertainties Leave Industries on Edge

Intelligent Audit

logistics industry, the freight railroads and three of the nation’s largest transportation labor unions managed to reach a tentative agreement the the early hours of Thursday, September 15th. Air Cargo Volumes Normalizing YoY, but Concerns Remain. Freight Rail and Union Members Reach Tentative Agreement. With the agreement, the U.S.

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The Changing Face of Supply Chain Security

Logistics Bureau

Today’s complex networks of storage and intermodal transport face these challenges too. They can affect manufacturing, warehousing and transport. Transport networks. Cargo diversion, hijacking and piracy are all concerns. For example, warehousing security has increased. Access controls for personnel, too.

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The Amazonification of Logistics

Techgistics

Amazon Fresh A grocery delivery service that started in Seattle in 2007 and now operates in 16 cities. Amazon’s recent patent for airborne warehouses reveal that drones may be central to Amazon’s future. Drones taking off from the airborne warehouses and landing at homes and businesses could be tremendously efficient.

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Uberisation of Logistics – Are You Too Late?

Logistics Bureau

For example, before Uber started in 2009, Amazon’s Mechanical Turk system was already functioning in 2007. Cost-efficient bulk transport to regional distribution centres requires larger vehicles, whether trucks, trains, or boats. Even if Uber named it, Uber did not invent it, but rather extended and enhanced the concept.

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Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking: Fuel optimized Supply.

Global Trade Management

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. The price of fuel has a direct impact on transportation costs. Some experts have calculated that each $10 increase in the cost of barrel of oil results in a 4-cent per mile increase in transportation rates. arviem real-time cargo monitoring. That adds up! Stefan Reidy.