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This Week in Logistics News (July 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Air cargo firms feel the pressure from plunge in freight prices (Reuters). Honeywell To Acquire Intelligrated, A Leader In Supply Chain And Warehouse Automation Technologies. Global trade volumes fell for the first time since 2009 by 1.7 Heavy-Duty Truck Orders Fall to Lowest Since 2010 (WSJ – sub. percent from 3 percent.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

A steep, across-the-board decline in imported cargo , exports and empty containers during March dropped volumes at several major ports to levels not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic. If the rooftops of American warehouses were all bedecked with solar panels , these buildings would generate enough solar energy to power almost 19.4

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

49% of respondents were from the manufacturing industry, 16% from the mechanical engineering sector, and 11% from the automotive market. As some component lead times push into 2023, the shortage is expected to last 24 months before it recedes – similar to the chip shortage of 2008-2009. Consultancy UK). Source: Consultancy.UK.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11-15, 2019)

Talking Logistics

percent in December , the largest drop since September 2009, according to the U.S. This follows last week’s news that Walmart is bringing some warehousing operations, which it had outsourced to Schneider Logistics for the past 13 years, back in-house. Billion Deal for Ceva Logistics (WSJ – sub. Retail sales declined 1.2

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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. Manufacturing postponement tasks may require special equipment or a level of quality control that can only be guaranteed in a facility specifically equipped and staffed for such activities. Finally – Are You Too Late?

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

With how quickly new technology, tips and warehouse management techniques are emerging, wouldn’t it be nice to take a page from someone else’s book? In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster.