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This Week in Logistics News (April 23-27, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Manhattan Updates its Visionary TMS Solution to Address the Transportation Industry’s Biggest Challenges. DHL Parcel and Volkswagen actually started testing car trunk delivery in Germany last September , so Amazon is not the only one enabling this delivery option. Microsoft-OOCL Partnership to Develop Shipping AI (Port Technology).

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For What It’s Worth: My Take on Last Week’s Supply Chain & Logistics News (May 30, 2018)

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The good news is that that there is a lot of work going on in this area, such as the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) , which already has several hundred companies in the transportation and logistics industry participating. For the rest of last week’s news and to sign up for our newsletter , please visit Talking Logistics.

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Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends Feature Article by Laurent Sik , Head of Operations, CEVA FVL APAC Automobiles, as a form of transportation, are indispensable in today’s world and will remain a crucial part of our lives for a long time to come.

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Transport Expert Nicolas Meilhan’s Perspective on the EcoVadis 2019 Index Results

EcoVadis

Nicolas Meilhan is a Scientific Advisor for France Stratégie and works on transport and energy issues. . Companies in the transport sector are the subject of a specific analysis in the Index, with more than 900 companies (including 700 small and medium-sized companies) included in the 2018 sample.

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Circular Economy and Information Sharing – The Role of Logistics

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Presently, most physical streams of goods consist of large amounts of products being transported over long distances from factories to consumers. Reverse logistics of used products from the consumer replaces (long-distance) transportation of new goods from manufacturing sites which can be seen in the Zalando example above.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In respect to logistics and transport something remarkable happened at COP26. The first Z – Zero emission road transport: Global MOU for ZE-MHDVs . In 2018, according to data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) road transport accounted for three-quarters of transport emissions. Most of this, 45.1

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Don’t Wait for Standards Before Moving Closer to Smarter Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

The Trends that Will Forever Shape Manufacturing in 2018 & Beyond. Although there are existing frameworks, and initiatives on standardization done by some countries like USA , China , and Germany , these may not be enough for some manufacturers to use Smart Manufacturing. download ebook. However, as of 2014 , 87% of U.S.