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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

And in the most emotional finish of the day, Henry Richard finished the race nine years after his brother, Martin, died during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. In the men’s race, Kenya’s Evans Chebet crushed the field over the final 5 miles to capture his first World Marathon Major win. A truly inspiring Marathon Monday as always.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 17-21, 2014)

Talking Logistics

This is on the back of EUR 105 million that was committed in 2013, bringing the total committed to EUR 218 million. Collectively, the three new sites added 69,000 sq. meters of warehouse space across the region, bringing the total warehouse count for Menlo in South Asia to 35, and the total space under Menlo management to 392,000 sq.

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Sector collaboration on sustainability accelerates, as a sixth industry creates an initiative with EcoVadis

EcoVadis

For example, the association AIM-Progress, in its late-2016 report, announced that one-third of its members had no system in place to address the “ UK Modern Slavery Act ” when it became law in 2015. By late 2016, 92 percent of its members had compliant procedures. All these methods contributed to sustainability performance improvements.

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Professor Yossi Sheffi on Resilience, Visibility, and Biggest Risks this Holiday Season

Elementum

Now, though, we might go to China for some things, but for assembly we might go to Vietnam, Malaysia, or more recently, an African country. In 2013, major logistics carriers like UPS and FedEx came under fire for leaving countless consumers without packages on Christmas Day. I asked Sheffi if he believes that 2015 will be smoother.

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The Upswing of Chinese Logistics Companies

Elementum

in 2015 to US $15.5T In 2015, the Asian-Pacific region dominated the industry with significant impact from China, India, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, and Malaysia. ZTO Express, officially established in 2013, works through approximately 7,700 network partners. The global logistics market is expected to grow from US $8.1T

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

Launched in 2013, Reverb is an online marketplace for musicians to buy, sell, and learn about new, used, and vintage music gear. In 2015, the marketplace launched KongaPay, a safe and convenient online payment method to tackle the issue of trust in Africa. It operates in Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong.

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

6 River Systems

In early 2013, Belk launched a vendor-direct program. Boot Barn’s Fontana Distribution Center is a state-of-the-art, 200,000 square foot facility (opened in 2015) that ships multiple weekly outbound orders to the company’s 200+ stores in 30 states. manufacturing facility in 2014.