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This Week in Logistics News (July 15-19, 2013)

Talking Logistics

XPO Logistics to Acquire 3PD, the Largest Provider of Heavy Goods, Last-Mile Logistics in North America. SAP Announces Second Quarter and First Half Results 2013. industrial economy drove revenue and operating profit below expectations [in Q2 2013],” said the company in the press release. “In Be Sociable, Share!

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Con-way Truckload and Con-way Multimodal Join Forces to Launch New Intermodal Service for North America. CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Robinson Introduces Navisphere App for Customers. Be Sociable, Share! This Week in News'

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On the road! 4 September supply chain conferences we love

Kinaxis

The “Top 15 Supply Chains to Admire” is the culmination of a two-year effort to evaluate supply chain performance and improvement for the years of 2006-2013 by industry by vertical for publicly-held companies. Learn More. Schedule Meeting. LogiPharma. September 16-18. Princeton, NJ.

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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. The race for excellence will be won on other continents than North America and mainland Europe. In 2013, I wrote a post on the “two bookends of supply chain excellence in consumer packaged goods.” It is seldom a step change. How Have They Done?

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L’Oreal: A Beautiful Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

In the process of compiling the Supply Chains to Admire report for last year’s Supply Chain Insights Global Summit , the research team at Supply Chain Insights calculated the rate of supply chain improvement of companies by industry for the period of 2006-2013 and 2009-2013. We studied this pre and post-recession.

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ESG in the Public and Private Market: Putting the Supply Chain in Focus

SupplyShift

In the wake of COVID disruptions and the financial advantage earned by companies focusing on ESG despite major market uncertainty, investors are rapidly recognizing the strategic importance of these metrics as well. In fact, nearly 70% of consumers in North America think it’s important for a brand to be sustainable.

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Takeaways from Roadnet perform 2014 User Conference

Talking Logistics

Roadnet was acquired by Omnitracs in late 2013, and the combined entity, which also includes FleetRisk Advisors and Sylectus , is aiming to provide its joint customers (and the market in general) with a more integrated, end-to-end fleet management solution. First, there’s the convergence of companies.