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Amazon’s Freight (Train) Is Coming

GlobalTranz

Amazon announced that it shipped 5 billion items through Prime alone in 2017, and some analysts estimate it will ship over 4 billion packages in 2018. The post Amazon’s Freight (Train) Is Coming appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis. Amazon currently enjoys about 50% of all US e-commerce business.

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[e-Book] The Most Impactful Supply Chain & Logistics Trends in 2017

GlobalTranz

“The problem with trends is that they are like a freight train gaining speed; everyone can see the train, but at what point do you say the train is really moving at speed?” – Steve Banker from a recent Forbes article. Now, not all of these trends are moving at the pace that technology is moving.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 1-5, 2017)

Talking Logistics

This week it was Mia Hamm at the BluJay Solutions SOAR 2017 conference. And next week, it’ll be Sugar Ray Leonard at the Manhattan Associates Momentum 2017 conference. Both Phelps and Hamm said the same thing during their interviews — “I hate to lose” — which is what drove them to train and compete so intensely.

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Top 14 Logistics and Supply Chain Management Training Programs and Courses in 2016

GlobalTranz

Today, Kelly shares the top 14 Logistics and Supply Chain Management training programs and courses available in 2016. There are three offered starting dates - August 2016, January 2017 or May 2017. Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from our friend Kelli Harris, a consultant and recent college graduate in Logistics Management.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 20-24, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Cass Truckload Linehaul Index (February 2017). January 2017 North American Freight Numbers. billion in current dollars in January 2017, a 6.7 billion from January 2016 to January 2017. and Mexico by all modes in January 2017 was electrical machinery, of which $7.4 ATA Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 0.1% in February.

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Mega Monday for PLM at MSCE 2017!

Oracle SCM

PLM's 'Mega Monday' is Monday, February 13 at Modern Supply Chain Experience 2017 in San Jose, California. The event now features an extensive list of valuable training sessions and workshops hosted by Oracle and partners just before the conference officially kicks off. There is still time but space is limited!

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This Week in Logistics News (January 16-20, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Japan firms shifting to trains to move freight amid dearth of new truckers (The Japan Times). In ecommerce news, the Japanese government “will start subsidizing the installation of pickup lockers at train stations and convenience stores, with an eye toward reducing repeat delivery runs,” according to an article in Nikkei Asian Review.