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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Last night, I took my 13-year-old son to see the movie Air, which tells the story of how Nike pursued basketball rookie Michael Jordan in 1984 to sign with the company. That move, and Michael Jordan’s incredible talent and business acumen, has turned the Jordan brand into a multi-billion-dollar business.

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Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (September 17, 2021)

Talking Logistics

Read more Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (September 17, 2021). The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (September 17, 2021) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Freight has an Identity Crisis with Jordan Graft

The Logistics of Logistics

Jordan Graft and Joe Lynch discuss freight has an identity crisis, which refers to rampant fraud and double brokering in the transportation business. About Jordan Graft Jordan Graft is a seasoned entrepreneur and business leader with a passion for technology and transportation. Morgan in New York City.

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Revealed: The Sectors Cutting Product Lead Times Fastest

Unleashed

It’s been a long two years for manufacturing and logistics businesses at the sharp end of rapidly-changing global events. Compounding matters further are the ongoing labour shortages which came to a head in 2021 when the lack of HGV drivers reached critical levels. Sub-sector Percentage drop between 2019-20 and 2021-22.

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How E-Commerce Is Reinventing the Humble Warehouse

MIT Supply Chain

Warehousing response to online growth Consulting firm Deloitte forecasts that e-commerce sales will grow by 25% to 35%, year-over-year, during the 2020–2021 holiday season, generating $182 billion to $196 billion in sales. This is one of the concepts we have modeled at the MIT Megacity Logistics Lab.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

As stated in the New York Times : The report dedicates one of its seven chapters to supply chains, noting that the once-esoteric subject “entered dinner-table conversations” in 2021 … U.S. Gravity regularly uses the data of third-party logistics (3PLs) providers. How Gravity Supply Chain solutions uses Spire AIS data.

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Middle East eCommerce Reimagined

Vinculum

billion dollars in 2021. Countries like Iraq, Egypt, Oman, Lebanon, Morocco, Jordan, Algeria, and Saudi Arabia have the fastest growing young generation, with a median age of 22 years old. They also spoke about the analytics and technological logistics importance in an eCommerce business.