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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Even with all new Glasgow pledges for 2030, we will emit roughly twice as much in 2030 as required for 1.5 came from trucks carrying cargo. Part 1–Defining the moment. by Wolfgang Lehmacher, Anchor Group & Mikael Lind, Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE). degrees Celsius,” states the Climate Action Tracker.

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Truckers and the Future of Work!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I recently asked an audience — a virtual one of course — to guess how many people will be employed as truck drivers in the US in 2030. I believe there will be a nearly 5% increase in truck drivers in the US in 2030….and What happens when the cargo is damaged or stolen? and probably in 2040. How is a flat tire fixed?

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This Week in Logistics News (April 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

The Dirty Dozen, in alphabetical order, are: Amazon, Atlantic Coast Utilities/Laurence Moloney, Daikin America, Dollar General, Ernst Nursery and Farms, Foundation Food Group/Gold Creek Foods, Hilton Hotels, Kingspan Light and Air, Liox Cleaners/Wash Supply Laundromat, Mayfield Consumer Products, Refresco, and Starbucks. percent by 2030.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

Today, Huntsville Utilities, Toyota Alabama and Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. That trend will be driven by rising labor costs and a dropping cost of robots, motivating companies to have installed just over 150,000 picking robots by 2030, the UK-based firm forecasted. ” That’s all for this week.

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

ToolsGroup

81% of semiconductor contract manufacturing was based in Taiwan or South Korea in 2020 ( Deloitte Global ), but The United States passed a $52 billion dollar Chips for America Act in an effort to bring the manufacturing of microchips back to the United States. IATA data shows global demand for air cargo markets jumped 3.7%

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

The retail giant plans to take out 50 million metric tons (MMT) by 2030, which is equivalent to the emissions associated with the average annual electricity consumption of 40 million Chinese households. This past summer Volvo Trucks North America announced a successful on-highway demonstration of its truck platooning technology.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

Apple calls on global supply chain to decarbonize by 2030. Earlier this week, Amazon and Hawaiian Airlines announced that the retail giant will use Hawaiian Airlines to fly its first Airbus freighters on primary cargo routes and to Hawaii beginning in the second half of 2023. Amazon to double Europe EV fleet by 2025.