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This Week in Logistics News (July 3-7, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Wolters Kluwer Transport Services is acquired by Castik Capital. It does not matter who caused the disruption, what was the reason for disruption, what industry a firm belongs to, or when the disruption happened — disruptions devastate corporate performance. ACT Research: N.A. ACT Research: N.A.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 2-6, 2017)

Talking Logistics

I’ve never given a supply chain presentation in Spanish. I’ll be doing both for the first time in a couple of weeks at Seminarium’s Logistics & Operations Conference 2017 (October 18th in Santiago, Chile). Elemica Partners with DHL Resilience360 to Better Mitigate Supply Chain Risk. I’ve never been to Chile.

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Agility and flexibility in the age of digital supply chains – Insights from the 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo

Kinaxis

The 2017 Supply Chain & Logistics EMEA summit & expo was one such opportunity. About three hundred supply chain professionals from various pockets of the world representing manufacturers, retailers, logistics providers, and technology vendors took part in the summit. It made me pause and reflect.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Nike Earnings Reflect Supply Chain Disruption Complexities. In 2017, Flytrex successfully launched the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland, and we covered that initiative in these pages on June 15, 2018. Walmart Opens First of Four Next Generation Fulfillment Centers.

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Will the Internet of Things (IoT) Help Eliminate Information Latency and Deficiency in Supply Planning?

Kinaxis

by Prasad Satyavolu Last week, Trevor Miles wrote “ SMAC in the Middle of Supply Chain Change ” and it made me recall the dozen or so articles I’ve read recently on the Internet of Things (IoT). More and more sensors are getting embedded in the “things” and leading to an explosion of information availability.

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The Freight Market Place with Dave Maddox

The Logistics of Logistics

and is transforming the $800 billion transportation and logistics industry with its digital freight marketplace platform. Dave Maddox has over 39 years of industry experience, Maddox specializes in Supply Chain & Transportation Sales, with operations management in distribution, supply chain cost improvement and transportation.

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Supply Chain Disruption and Digitization

Enterra Insights

De Bernardini writes, “The use of drones has already significantly modified the supply chain in areas and markets where transportation was a critical bottleneck. Ground transportation was unacceptable because it took too much time, especially during the rainy seasons. Blockchain. Footnotes. [1]