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This Week in Logistics News (November 10-14, 2014)

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September 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Cass Freight Index Report – October 2014. India and US reach WTO breakthrough over food (BBC News). This week, FedEx Freight drivers voted against the union in Newark, New Jersey , and Con-way Freight employees did the same in Manchester, New Hampshire.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

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Foxconn execs cite Belkin’s widely recognized brand name, strong sales channel presence and growth potential, as well as its best in-class capabilities and solutions, as primary motivators for the acquisition. manufacturing facility in 2014. In March 2018, Belkin was acquired by Foxconn Interconnect Technology Ltd.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

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FedEx is the largest cargo airline in the world in terms of scheduled freight tonne kilometers (FTK), a distinction the company has held since 2014, and it’s the fourth largest in terms of fleet size. The company has operations in more than 40 countries and specializes in integrating different modes of transport in logistics solutions.

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I Will Be Wrong Again: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2017

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retailer Walmart and Tsinghua University announced a joint effort to track the movement of food products in China using blockchain technology to improve food safety in the world’s second-largest economy”; and just last month, Mahindra and IBM announced they are developing a blockchain solution for supply chain finance. Tompkins said.