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Reflections: Building the Network of Networks

Supply Chain Shaman

In 2014, while sipping on an early morning coffee, Maddy called to ask me a question. Collaborative Logistics. Logistics costs increased greatly in 2018; yet, 40% of trucks are empty. Congo Metals. I remember the call like it was yesterday. Four years have passed. She is there. Let me tell you the story. Fair Labor.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

After years of declining revenues in European logistics services, the business started to stabilise in 2013/2014. Europe has seen plenty of activity in terms of mergers and acquisitions, including the take-over of the major French family-owned company Norbert Dentressangle by America’s XPO Logistics. SCM 3PL Subway 2015.