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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the wheelchair division, Marcel Hug of Switzerland won the men’s race at 1:17:06 and Susannah Scaroni of the US won the women’s race with a time of 1:41:45. Xeneta’s data analysis shows that containerized imports from the far east to the US increased substantially from 2017 to 2022. minutes per mile.

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Supply Chain Matters- This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech April 12 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog features our April 12, 2022 edition of This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , a synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based blog readership. This concludes our April 12, 2022 edition of this column.

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Doing Business in Germany

QAD

km and borders the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and other countries including the Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Manufacturing in Germany. The manufacturing sector invested 53.4 Supply Chain Infrastructure for Manufacturing. annually as of 2017.

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

To address this challenge, Switzerland is developing an autonomous underground cargo system. Fluctuations in the market, unsold products rotting on the shelves and manufacturer delays all affect stock levels, resulting in losses of millions of dollars each year. ” SupplyChainBrain, 6 July 2022. [6] What’s Next?

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Innovation in the Supply Chain’s Last Mile

Enterra Insights

To address this challenge, Switzerland is developing an autonomous underground cargo system. Fluctuations in the market, unsold products rotting on the shelves and manufacturer delays all affect stock levels, resulting in losses of millions of dollars each year. ” SupplyChainBrain, 6 July 2022. [6] What’s Next?

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

15 countries, Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales declared that they will collaborate towards realizing 100 percent zero emission new trucks and bus sales by 2040. About the Authors. Automation in 45 Minutes!

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Can Globalization Be Rejuvenated?

MIT Supply Chain

At the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in May 2022 in Davos, Switzerland?—?perhaps in 2022 and 2023. Moreover, many countries will not allow foreign companies to sell products within their borders if some level of local manufacturing is not involved. in particular, international trade?—?is in 2021 to 3.6%

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