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This Week in Logistics News (August 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now for this week’s logistics news. Founded in 2014, Magazino employs around 130 people. ABB has opened a new facility in Alpharetta, Georgia, to serve as the company’s dedicated center for robotic automation in the logistics and packaging industries. Cellcom, Fiege Logistik, and Körber.

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Insights from Ryder Innovate 2014

Talking Logistics

I have long argued that third party logistics providers (3PLs) should set themselves apart from the competition by fully harnessing the power and value of their customer and employee communities. Sustainability and Green Initiatives in Transportation and Logistics. Talent Management as the Core of a Supply Chain Strategy.

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Supply Chains and the Circular Economy, Part 1

Enterra Insights

Georgia Wilson, a supply chain journalist, notes, “A circular economy is an economic model that encourages continuous reuse of materials to minimize waste, as well as driving demand for natural resource consumption.”[3] 3] Georgia Wilson, “ Circular economy: the future of supply chain ,” Supply Chain Digital, 27 February 2020. [4]

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Going in Circles? It’s Good for the Environment.

Enterra Insights

Georgia Wilson predicts the circular economy represents the future for the supply chain. ”[5] If supply chain visibility is challenge number one, reverse logistics has to be challenge number two. Watt notes reverse logistics is currently getting less attention in digital transformation and circularity efforts. 6] Ibid. .”

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Material Handling Institute US Roadmap for 2015: Can’t Wait for 2025!

Supply Chain View from the Field

Roadmap , that identifies some of the major technology and logistics trends on the horizon. In fact, many of my predictions made in 2014 also appear in my 2015 predictions as well. . However, the MHI study, conducted through interviews and surveys with logistics executives, provide a compelling view of what the future will look like.

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Ending Academic Irrelevance: an Academic’s View on Logistics Research

The Logistics of Logistics

Heather Monteiro is a Logistics instructor at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia; where she lives with her husband and four children. She is also a research assistant at Georgia Center for Innovation in Logistics, and has a personal research interest in all things transportation.

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Well Prepared Retailers Seize Opportunity for Advantage during Port Closures

Supply Chain Collaborator

They’d be the ones who were able to flex their supply chain and logistics plans to overcome some very challenging obstacles in the last 12 months. Opportunity Knocks – The Wall Street Journal reports the West Coast ports’ share of container imports fell precipitously year over year between May 2014 and May 2015 according to U.S.

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