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This Week in Logistics News (June 23-27, 2014)

Talking Logistics

So it gives me great pleasure to say, that with the next pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, the NBA selects Isaiah Austin from Baylor University.”. April 2014 North American Freight Numbers. Several reports have been published in recent years underscoring the growing importance of supply chain risk management.

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Jeroen van Weesep (Lego) is the Supply Chain Professional 2014

Supply Chain Movement

– The Netherlands, 5 June 2014 – Jeroen van Weesep from Lego is the new figurehead of Dutch supply chain management. DnA Languages presented the Supply Chain Professional 2014 with a personal prize: a language course of his choice. The 2014 finalists. In addition to securing eternal fame, the winner received two prizes.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- March 5 2022 Edition

Supply Chain Matters

Founded in 2014, this Boston based robotics technology firm leverages capabilities that are described as mimicking human hand-eye coordination, leveraging machine-learning to a vision system on a gripper and allowing mechanical fingers to bend and twist around objects to perform piece-picking tasks.

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The Importance of Transparency in Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

Jennifer Furey and Rebecca Harris, attorneys at Goulston & Storrs, report, “Millennials are expected to inherit approximately $30 trillion in assets over the next 30 to 40 years. In retail, buyers want to understand where the products they are purchasing are coming from and how they were created.” ”[2].

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This Week in Logistics News (October 31 – November 4, 2016)

Talking Logistics

GIO (@RaysFanGio) November 4, 2014. Now we just need these two prophets to predict who will win the U.S. As reported in CCJ, “OOIDA was unable to convince the court of its arguments that the rule violates truckers’ Fourth Amendment rights to privacy. Cubs vs Indians. presidential election on Tuesday.

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Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

Talking Logistics

This dispute has left a damaging effect on our industry—causing extreme delays and millions in lost sales,” the American Apparel & Footwear Association said, as reported in the WSJ. “If It said that if it takes two months for the ports to become fully operational, the window for shipping this season’s crop will have closed.

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AIMMS in 2016: what’s in store for this year

AIMMS

We also grew as a team and have expanded to a new office in The Netherlands. We are witnessing a growing interest in prescriptive analytics across a wide variety of industries. more times the number of AIMMS PRO Platforms in comparison to 2014. We welcomed many new customers, resulting in a 40% increase in revenue growth.

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