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2022 Forecast: Supply Chains Become Critical Infrastructure

ToolsGroup

Let’s kick off 2022 with a little thought experiment… What’s a problem affecting every nation on earth? All this led to global supply chain disruptions and inventory build-ups, wrong inventory mixes, and supply chain shortages in 2022. Image source: New York Times. The good news: we have the technology to solve this now.

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Amazon Workers in New York Facility Vote to Join Labor Union

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights a breaking news development concerning online retail platform provider Amazon. Workers at the JFK8 customer fulfillment facility located in statin island, New York have voted to establish a labor union, the first Amazon facility to do so. That election is scheduled later this month.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

million vehicles cross the bridge annually, or about 30,000 per day, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation. In other Amazon news, the company says it helped stop 7 million counterfeit products from entering its fulfillment centers and reaching consumers last year– one million more than it did in 2022.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon shipped last-minute Christmas gifts faster in 2023 than in 2022, according to data from analyst firm Momentum Commerce. percent versus in 2022, where 17.6 In 2022, the company shifted away from national fulfillment to a regionalized network model. DHL Group does not operate ships but it uses them to transport containers.

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Building a Global Logistics Juggernaut with Nourhan Beyrouti

The Logistics of Logistics

Nourhan is Global Chief Revenue Officer at AJEX Logistics Services , Saudi Arabia’s fastest growing transportation company. Raised in Brooklyn, New York, and currently residing in Dallas, Texas, Beyrouti’s career has taken him through 17 countries, enriching him with diverse international experience.

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Continued Disruption and Added Cost Inflation Reflected in Key Global Transportation and Logistics Indices in March and Q1 2022

Supply Chain Matters

In a prior published commentary, we provided highlights of March and Q1-2022 global production indices along with their implications. We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. Global and Domestic Transportation and Logistics Indices. Global Shipping. per 40-foot container.

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LogiNext mentioned as a Sample Vendor in Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Supply Chain Execution Technologies, 2022

Loginext

LogiNext mentioned as a Sample Vendor in Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for Supply Chain Execution Technologies, 2022 LogiNext provides a SaaS platform for end-to-end logistics automation for enterprise brands across sectors like – F&B, Retail & eCommerce, FMCG, CEP (Courier, Express and Parcel) and Transportation & Logistics.