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Impact of Food Safety Modernization Act on Transportation

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and Pamela Johnston , vice president, legal and risk at Transplace (a Talking Logistics sponsor), on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and its impact on the supply chain. A 3PL or warehouseman may be considered a shipper, which is defined as “a person who initiates a shipment of food by motor vehicle or rail vehicle.”

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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

Logistics Viewpoints

In this situation, an autonomous vehicle brings a package to a customer’s house, whereupon the customer enters a code and retrieves the package from a cargo hold. Starship Technologies was launched in 2014 by Skype co-founders Ahit Heinla and Janus Friis. A big part of what the company has done is food delivery on college campuses.

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Multimodal 2015 – Advanced Supply Chain Management and Logistics for Cargo Owners

Supply Chain Movement

Date: 28 – 30 April 2014. In 2014, more than 7,000 high-calibre visitors attended. Food Growers & Processors. To see the list of companies that visited in 2014, please click here. Multimodal 2015. Venue: NEC Birmingham. Organiser: Clarion Events. URL: www.multimodal.org.uk. Wholesalers. Manufacturers. Niche Retailers.

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Doing Business in India

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India has a robust manufacturing sector, with typical products including textiles, chemicals, food, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petrochemicals, machinery, software and pharmaceuticals. . India has 253 airports with paved runways and most are able to support cargo traffic. Manufacturing in India. as of 2017.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 12-16, 2015)

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Port of Long Beach sees highest Q3 cargo volume in history (Cargo Business News). UberRUSH was first announced in April 2014 , but I’m sure that Amazon’s recent announcement of a competing service called Amazon Flex prompted Uber to put the spotlight back on itself. UPS Expands UPS Worldwide Express™ Service. Order Management.

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It wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without Logistics

Enterra Insights

” Ricaurte reports it takes dozens of Boeing 767 temperature-controlled cargo planes to ensure “retailers can be properly stocked with 8 million pounds of fresh cut blossoms in time for Cupid’s big day.” Complicating this need for the ideal temperature, flowers travel a long way from field to store.” Footnotes.

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Doing Business in India

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India has a robust manufacturing sector, with typical products including textiles, chemicals, food, steel, transportation equipment, cement, mining, petrochemicals, machinery, software and pharmaceuticals. . India has 253 airports with paved runways and most are able to support cargo traffic. Manufacturing in India. as of 2017.

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