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Delivering Hope: Taimen Transport Ships Life-Saving Vaccines

Turvo

It was a virtuous cycle of compounding improvements and growth. Taimen has an extensive background in time-critical delivery and expedited shipments going back to 2012. So began the nationwide race to manufacture and successfully ship hundreds of millions of doses. At Taimen, the phone rang. The vaccines made it without issue.

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

Talking Logistics

The other big opportunity, which despite all the talk over the years remains on the table, is reducing the number of trucks required to ship products by eliminating empty miles and backhauls, developing smarter packaging, optimizing trailer loading, collaborative shipping, and other approaches. The redesign has saved the company €1.2

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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. Supply Chain Digest, July 26, 2012.

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The Top Dozen Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Hope to have something more to share from the two of us soon on this, but there are a number of issues to be explored, from defining supply chain innovation, to measuring it, to the difference between innovation and continuous improvement and many more. The LCC is now of course a standard logistics practice today.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 7-11, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Freight Shipments Rose 0.4% New Customer-Centric Solution from SAP to Help Retailers Improve Operations, Consumer Experience and Brand Perception. UPS Expands Expedited Ocean Freight Service To Mexico. percent from August 2012. percent from August 2012. percent since October 2012. in August from July.