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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

This rollout is just the beginning of what is expected to be thousands of Amazon’s custom electric delivery vehicles in more than 100 cities by the end of this year—and 100,000 across the US by 2030. Procter & Gamble is taking note.

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How AI Can Help Alleviate the Global Food Security Crisis, Part 1

Enterra Insights

Recent reports from the UN state that the world is not on track to reach its goal of zero hunger by 2030. As many as 828 million people were affected by hunger in 2021, including 46 million people more than a year earlier and 150 million more than 2019.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up

Supply Chain Matters

Reportedly, the EV van producer is now allowed to secure parcel van supply deals to other interested parcel delivery fleet operators. Rivian will reportedly continue to provide EV delivery vans to Amazon through 2030 as part of the company’s 2019 supply agreement to provide 100,000 Amazon branded EV vans by 2030.

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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. He reasoned that to support such planning we need to implement a third wave of integrated supply-chain planning software. Schwartz, J.

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Unpacking Supply Chain Traceability: A Comprehensive Guide

RFgen

Here we will discuss the four main components of supply chain traceability: raw material tracking, production tracking, distribution tracking, and consumer tracking. Walmart Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, has implemented several initiatives to improve supply chain traceability.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

In 2021, 87% of Americans were negatively impacted by the supply chain. 75% of companies felt negative or strongly negative impacts on their business due to supply chain disruption ( Accenture ). In Fortune 500 earnings calls for Q3 of 2021, “supply chain” mentions were up 412% from Q3 in 2020.

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Sustain 2018: Now Is the Time to Change the Mindset and Embrace the Impossible

EcoVadis

Meanwhile, in a session tackling supply chain disruptions caused by data breaches, Santtu Erkkila, Nokia’s supply chain information security program lead, stressed that third party security management program has to be a holistic and joint effort: “We won’t solve this on our own within IT/Security teams.