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Charge Me Up! Energy Storage Development – A Fast Emerging Technology Needed for Sustainability

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The first iPhone only came out in 2007 – ushering in smart phone apps and all the rest in very quick succession. For transportation and logistics – the revolution to decarbonize is likewise well underway. Electric Transportation. Before that, all the needed elements would not yet have been in place.

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The Changing Face of Supply Chain Security

Logistics Bureau

Security has been an issue since supply chains began. Today’s complex networks of storage and intermodal transport face these challenges too. These and other factors have meant a rethink of supply chain security. Basics of Supply Chain Security. Security is part of a bigger whole. Security awareness.

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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

iContainers, Expedia for transporting freight internationally, raises $6.7 April 2016 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Moving on to technology news, iContainers , a digital freight forwarder and marketplace for instant quotes and booking, announced that it secured $6.7 million (TechCrunch).

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8 Things to Know in Shipping, Freight, Logistics & Supply Chain this Week

Intelligent Audit

administration and agencies to provide logistics and transportation support as needed, because when it matters most, FedEx delivers.” When the Russia-Ukraine war began, few understood the repercussions might bring flashbacks to the 2007–2008 global food crisis. Can AI and VR Technologies Improve Healthcare Field?

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Why Energy Supply Chains are Transitioning to Renewables

Requis

Managing energy security risk. But there is a more specific term for resiliency when applied to the energy sector—energy security—and it’s something that most developed countries have been pursuing since the 1970s. Meanwhile, the cost of oil and gas extraction has increased tremendously since energy security became a priority.

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Logistics IT Solutions’ Role in Near-Record Levels of Trucking Company Acquisitions

Supply Chain Collaborator

Front page news from Transport Topics “Trucking, Logistics Acquisitions Expected to Continue in 2015”. The short version is that 2014 came darn close (with 86 trucking and logistics companies acquired) to beating the record of 90 acquisitions set in 2007. Read on for details.