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The next supply chain frontier: space

Resilinc

Elon Musk’s SpaceX was tapped last year to “deliver critical pressurized and unpressurized cargo, science experiments and supplies to the Gateway.” NASA made an exception to this policy in 2019 to collaborate with the China National Space Administration to monitor CNSA’s Yutu 2 rover on the Moon.

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Is Hyperloop the Next Great Supply Chain Technology?

Kinaxis

But it’s gained new prominence with some engineering advances, as well as the imprimatur of Musk, who’s gained tons of press for successfully disrupting the online payment, aerospace , and automotive industries. The Hyperloop project is also seeing substantial private sector investment.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11-15, 2019)

Talking Logistics

NEMF Files for Bankruptcy, XPO Warns on 2019: Is the Party in Transportation and Logistics Ending? XPO Logistics mentioned a similar problem when it downgraded its outlook for 2019. Billion Deal for Ceva Logistics (WSJ – sub. Seek Broad Outline of a Trade Pact This Week (WSJ – sub. filed for bankruptcy on Monday.

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The decrease of air freight, an opportunity for commercial airlines?

KEPLER Consulting

In June 2019, the world traffic fell by 4.8% The International Air Transport Association (IATA) attributes this decline to rising kerosene prices, Sino-American trade tensions and protests in Hong Kong – forcing world’s first cargo airport to shut down temporarily. It is a bad time for air freight.

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Top 10 supply chain trends for 2020

Requis

Another example from fulfillment might involve things like faster alternate transportation route planning in case of the unexpected, or monitoring cargo temperature for shipments of perishable food or medicines. This example could apply to any collection of physical equipment, like a drilling rig or a refinery.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

A dispute between two unions over which workers get certain jobs at a cargo-handling terminal at the Port of Seattle is holding up labor talks between West Coast dockworkers and their employers. The Seattle dispute pits the International Longshore and Warehouse Union against the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

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Doing Business in the United States

QAD

Products include petroleum, steel, high-tech, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications equipment, electronics, chemicals, consumer goods, food, lumber and mining products. has 5,054 airports, most of which have paved runways long enough to handle large jets and cargo planes. Cargo transportation in the U.S. While the U.S.