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This Week in Logistics News (October 6-10, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Next week, I’ll be speaking at the Ryder Innovate Forum in Chicago and the Elemica reveal 2014 conference in Frankfurt. In the meantime, here’s the news that caught my attention this week: Amazon to Open First Brick-and-Mortar Site (WSJ – sub req’d). August 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Bill from Calif.

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Supply Chain Risk Report: Ukraine-Russia Conflict

Resilinc

As people in the Ukraine and around the world anxiously monitor the threat of war with Russia, supply chain managers must take stock of the risks to their supply chains and focus on potential mitigation measures. Russia produces about 12% of the world’s oil and is Europe’s largest natural gas supplier.

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China’s Electrical Grid Affects the Global Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

1882 — Full-scale central power station with a system of conductors to distribute electricity to end-users in the high-profile business district in New York City completed. ”[3] With the global supply chain already in disarray, the news out of China is not good. Department of Energy, 18 November 2014. [3]

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

Green supply chain history: The origin of Supply Chain Management can be dated back to the early 20th with Henry Ford who vertically integrates the automotive supply chain and organizational practices. Cardwell, 2014). The purpose of going green is shown in the table. Vishal Gupta, 2013).

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This Week in Logistics News (October 27-31, 2014)

Talking Logistics

It was a great costume, and we looked great — except we were living in Arizona at the time and nobody outside of New York City (the only place the Blue Man Group was performing at the time) had heard of them, so every time we showed up at a party that night, people would yell out, “Hey, look, Smurfs !” Con-way Inc.

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Takeaways from Roadnet perform 2014 User Conference

Talking Logistics

I’ve been using the word convergence to describe many of the trends occurring in the supply chain and logistics field today, and convergence was certainly evident at Roadnet’s perform 2014 User Conference a few weeks ago. FreshDirect , an online grocer serving the New York City metropolitan area, is a great example.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 8-12, 2014)

Talking Logistics

SAP Fuels New Era of Social Collaboration to Transform Work. SAP Readies a Big Business Marketplace ( New York Times ). Esri and E2open Partner to Deliver Market-Leading Supply Chain Solutions. October 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Robinson Expands Focus in Dutch Market.