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UPS Strike Averted While Workers Gain Heat Protection

Logistics Viewpoints

In the summer of 2016, my husband — a UPS delivery driver — was one of them. After several days of working in the humid August heat in 2016, my husband woke up feeling ill. UPS does not provide air conditioning for their drivers — even in the blistering summer heat.

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2016 SCM World University 100

SCM Research

According to this ranking, the top 5 universities worldwide are: (1) Michigan State University, (2) Penn State University, (3) University of Tennessee, (4) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and (5) Arizona State University.

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Home Delivery Robots: Last Mile Gamechangers

Logistics Viewpoints

Nuro , which was founded in 2016, develops autonomous delivery vehicles, and was the first company to receive an autonomous exemption from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration since its vehicles are designed to carry goods instead of humans. Once ordered the robots’ entire journey and location can be monitored on a smartphone.

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Supply Chains to Admire Household Nondurables Calculation Example

Supply Chain Insights

The methodology was determined with Supply Chain Insights and Arizona State University in 2014. Balance looks at the change in Revenue Growth and the change in Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) over the years included in the analysis (2010 – 2016). Strength looks at the trend of Operating Margin and Inventory Turns from 2010 to 2016.

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The problem with renewable energy resources isn’t the technology, but the quantity of supply

Kinaxis

Switching to renewable or “green” power plants is great, but consider the Solana Generating Station (a solar farm) in Arizona, which just opened in 2013. 4 In a sunny, desert-ish region such as Arizona, this may be possible. Solar Energy. This solar farm uses 1,920 acres to generate an average of 944 GWh. Wind Energy.

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Championing Women in STEM

BlueYonder

After I graduated from Arizona State University (ASU) in 2016, I began my journey as a woman in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM.) Equal opportunity for women in this area is a topic of interest for many organizations across the globe.

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REPOST: The Emerge Story with Andrew Leto

The Logistics of Logistics

Andrew also founded 10-4 Systems, a truckload and visibility platform which sold to Trimble in 2016. Andrew resides in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife and two children. Having built a reputation for providing some of the best technology in the industry, GlobalTranz quickly became one of the top-10 Truckload and LTL brokers in the U.S.