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The Plant-Based Meat Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

billion in 2017 and is expected to surge to over $8 billion by 2026. For example, in an article I read, companies like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods can produce about 1 million pounds of meat alternatives in about 68,000 square feet. And these could be very conservative estimates.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

Preview In his 2019 Foresight article, Niels van Hove examined eight technological hurdles that must be overcome to enable autonomous or ‘lights out’ supply-chain planning. In this article, Niels argues that these technological advances can lead to either (a) planning-process and decision automation or (b) planning and decision augmentation.

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Online Learning is Growing Exponentially—And it’s Here to Stay

Logistics Bureau

Article Summary. billion USD by 2026, if not before then. billion (USD) by 2026 at a CAGR of 9.1 percent from 2018 to 2026. The report found that by 2017, about 77 percent of US corporations were making use of online learning. It is now estimated to reach 336.98 billion USD between 2020 and 2024.

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Addressing Labor Shortages in Warehouse and DC Operations

NC State SCRC

He was promoted to a full-time job in 2017, and is now earning more than $16 an hour. Truck driver salaries are up, with private fleet drivers earning as much as $86,000 annually in 2017, with an entry level median position of $53,000. Those skills led him to a part-time job at a FedEx Corp. facility at an Indianapolis, Ind.,

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How Tax Reform Affects Owner-Operators

DAT Solutions

In December 2017, Congress passed one of the largest tax reform bills since the 1980s. Within this article we’ll hopefully clear up some of the questions you might have surrounding the changes to the IRS tax code. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will affect owner-operators starting this year, and continuing through at least 2025.

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How to Classify Your Medical Device Under the EU MDR and IVDR

Arena Solutions

In this article, we take a closer look at the classification criteria set forth by the EU MDR and IVDR and provide steps for assigning the right classification to your device. This will help you identify product requirements early in the development phase and establish a roadmap for compliance throughout the entire lifecycle.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

We saw that starting to turn around in 2016 and continued to accelerate into 2017," he notes. trillion in 2017, up 6.2% Parcel delivery volumes jumped 7% to $99 billion in 2017. If things don't change, and we continue up this progression, by 2026, we will be at 170,000 drivers short. Postal Service, UPS and FedEx.