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Charge Me Up! Energy Storage Development ā€“ A Fast Emerging Technology Needed for Sustainability

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Energy Storage Development ā€“ A Fast Emerging Technology Needed for Sustainability. The first iPhone only came out in 2007 ā€“ ushering in smart phone apps and all the rest in very quick succession. As a sustainable logistics consultant Iā€™m often reading up on how technology is evolving in the energy sector. Charge Me Up!

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Understanding Conrail with Brian Gorton

The Logistics of Logistics

As a local rail service provider, it’s Conrailā€™s job to make sure that customers’ freight shipments are safely and efficiently moved between their rail sidings and the long-distance freight trains operated by CSX and Norfolk Southern. In 2007, it expanded its operations from Northern New Jersey to Staten Island, New York.

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech April 4 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Founded in 2007, Rotterdam based Flo Group specializes in Oracle focused logistics software support and deployment services capabilities. The deal reportedly will further enhance Oracleā€™s logistics software deployment capabilities across Europe. No financial details were disclosed in the announcement.

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The Better Goal: More Fuel Efficient Trucks or Using Fewer Trucks?

Talking Logistics

miles out of its network from 2007-2010 and had increased its CWT per truck from 382 in FY 2007 to 415 in FY 2010, an 8.6 Put differently, in FY 2007, Del Monte left 11.2 For related commentary, see Transportation Collaboration: Optimizing Freight Costs by Sharing Capacity and 5 Principles for Greener Freight.

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Can Co-opetition Save your Company?

Elementum

The difference between BlackBerry in 2007ā€” with a net worth of US $40B and BlackBerry in 2013ā€”willing to be sold for a measly a tenth of its 2007 figureā€”has a lot to do with a failure to identify and deal with its competitors in the correct way. In 2007, it released the Kindle. Co-opetition can Save the Freight Industry.

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Energy Efficiency Is Key to Better Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

Logistics providers have discovered that sustainability in the supply chain delivers a good ROI. For a long time now, corporations and their supply chains have been required to prove that they are acting in a sustainable, environmentally-friendly way. Consumers wonā€™t trade quality and performance for sustainability.ā€.

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

Not only has Walmart excelled over the decades in traditional supply chain management but with recent news as of late, Walmart is also focused on continuous improvement by investing more into emerging technologies to capture more of the e-commerce market as well as a focus on sustainability. ” Walmart states early on. Gilmore, Dan. ā€œ50

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