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The FreightVana Story with Shannon Breen

The Logistics of Logistics

With an educational and professional background in finance, Shannon joined the logistics industry in 2012 with Knight Transportation out of Phoenix, Arizona. In early 2020 he left his executive role to embark on a professional passion project, FreightVana, one that he Co-Founded with a life-long friend and business partner John Gamero.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

Supply Chain Performance over the Period of March 2020 to July 2022. Supply chain leaders self-assessment of performance during the pandemic period of March 2020-through July 2022. Greatest Issues of Supply Chain Leaders in the Period of March 2020 to July 2022. Inventory Is an Egregious Symptom of Supply Chains Gone Wrong.

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6 Manufacturing Trends You Need to Know

Arena Solutions

Since the start of 2012, more people graduating from college and universities are entering the engineering/manufacturing fields. alone, colleges and universities awarded 83,263 bachelor’s degrees in engineering in 2012, a 37% increase over the 60,605 degrees conferred in 2002. Breaking it down In the U.S.

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Why Energy Supply Chains are Transitioning to Renewables

Requis

Despite the persistance of some strong fundamentals , 2020 may signal the true turning point in the shift to renewable sources for energy companies. This is not an isolated phenomenon: Norway has been divesting a number of funds of oil and gas investments, especially from high-carbon emission sources like Canadian oil sands.

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The Massive Opportunity Waiting for Oil and Gas in Asset Disposition

Requis

12 trillion: the annual procurement spend by the Global 2000 (our estimate based on several sources, see image below). $3 While the energy vertical is facing some challenges due to reduced demand in 2020, the downturn for oil and gas won’t last , and the smart players are finding efficiencies. How the picture looks for oil and gas.

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5 Ways Companies are Thinking Green in Logistics

Freight Plus

In 2012, American software company and makers of popular products such as Photoshop & Acrobat, Adobe completely redesigned their packaging to be environmentally sensitive. Raw Materials / Sourcing –. By 2012 they already reached their 2020 target of reducing CO2 emissions by 25 percent per container from 2007 levels.

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E-Commerce Takes Off in Developing Countries

Elementum

In Indonesia, the number of web users jumped from 55 million in 2012 to 125 million in 2015. In 2011, Nigerian startup Mall for Africa, which ships American brands to Nigerian consumers, took in $17 million in 2014. According to McKinsey’s Global Institute, consumer spending in Africa is expected to exceed $1 trillion annually by 2020.

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