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This Week in Logistics News (April 20-24, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Lots of supply chain and logistics news this week, so let’s go straight to the items that caught my attention: Amazon now ships to your Audi’s trunk ( USA Today ). JDA “Writes the Book” on Supply Chain. billion in 2014 and sales are expected to reach $6.23 billion by the end of this year.

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

Supply chain risks are reduced. As delivery speed is increasingly important, closer proximity to consumers, supply chain expediency, and convenience of doing business become priorities. from abroad (mostly between 2010 and 2014, per Moser). Transportation and freight costs are reduced.

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Hollywood’s Top 10 Supply Chain Disaster Movies

Resilinc

Ready for a supply-chain-themed movie night? As professionals who monitor the supply chain daily for potential disruptions, we can’t help but see the supply chain everywhere—yes, even in disaster movies. Grab some popcorn and get ready for a supply chain-themed movie night!

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Philips fails to solve quality-contol problems

Supply Chain Movement

Its manufacturing plant for medical equipment in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, had been plagued by complaints and came under close scrutiny by the U.S. Van Houten described the 2014 performance as a setback but said that Philips would overcome the problems in Cleveland, price erosion in lighting and slower-than-expected global growth.

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

6 River Systems

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics. For discount retailers like Burlington, the supply chain is often a competitive advantage — and thus a secret recipe for success.