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This Week in Logistics News (December 7-11, 2015)

Talking Logistics

October 2015 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). CMA CGM has a leading position on the Asia-Europe, Asia-Mediterranean, Africa and Latin America routes, whilst APL [one of NOL’s operating brands] is strong along the Transpacific, Intra-Asia and Indian subcontinent shipping routes. for CMA CGM and 2.7% USD 22 billion(2).

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Omnichannel is another Word for Complexity

Enterra Insights

Consumers now take the digital path to purchase more often than not; but, they don’t care what retailers call their shopping journey or what strategies companies use to make the shopping journey a seamless one. ” Once a consumer completes his or her digital path to purchase (i.e., ’ They simply just shop.”[1]

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Top 12 New Logistics Startup Companies Making Noise

ShipBob

Think about your most recent purchase. This sequence of events involves many moving parts, including purchasing, packaging, shipping, and transporting materials to distributors to sell to the end customer. Freight forwarding. Warehousing and storage. Handling raw materials. Order fulfillment. Returns and exchanges.

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The $30 Billion Secret: How Amazon’s Logistics Saves You Time & Money

SCMDOJO

Pharmacy: Amazon Pharmacy – Online service for purchasing prescription medications with home delivery. Business Solutions: Amazon Business – Marketplace offering tailored products and tools for businesses, including bulk purchasing and business pricing. Billion US Dollars), followed by Europe and potentially Asia.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

With the growing trend towards online shopping, e-commerce giant Amazon in 2015 turned to independent contractors—basically anyone with a car—to deliver parcels to homes and businesses. There are many other instances of the shared economy within the supply chain domain, including the following: 1) Uber Freight. million in FY17.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 3.11-3.15

Freight Plus

Wagers, who was hired last April, may have initially been brought on board to help reaccelerate the company’s mergers & acquisitions which had been stagnant since 2015. XPO’s stock nosedived last December after a short seller’s negative report. Meanwhile, in this week's, "Where's my freight?!". billion of its own stock.

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Responsible Sourcing! Making Sustainability Happen for Real!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Sustainability is created in the jungles of Latin America. As we’ve learned from Kotter’s 8 Step Change Model (hyperlink), utilized as a framework to implement and achieve organizational change, the first 2 steps to create change boil down to one thing: People. Gauge Output, Report and Refine. Suppliers and partners.