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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

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This is a full five years ahead of the original target of 2030. The United States Postal Service will slow delivery times for a third of its first-class packages in an effort to cut costs and its dependency on air transportation amid financial struggles.

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Go Horizontal!

Supply Chain Shaman

I did not understand warehousing and transportation until reassignment to a logistics role in 1985. Typing this quickly in the Atlanta airport as I run for a plane for Lima, Peru. Economic Vision of Supply Chain 2030. Join us for a critical view of supply chain 2030 through the insights of leading economists.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

From contractor controversies to rising fuel costs, logistics professionals across the transportation industry are turning to innovative solutions to persistent problems. According to reporting from Transportation Topics, the contract “ would give the aircraft mechanics a 3.3% million metric tons. .

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Transformation of Automotive Industry Supply Networks- Size, Resources and Supply Network Scale Matters

Supply Chain Matters

production facility to be located east of Atlanta, Georgia. The CEO has admitted that the company has yet to be able to maintain a full five-day production schedule because of continual component shortages or transport delays. billion and introduce over 25 new vehicle models by 2030.

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Global Status of the Physical Internet — A Vision for Sustainable, Secure, Resilient Supply Chains

Freightera

Interview with Benoit Montreuil, Professor, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Director, Physical Internet Center; Director, Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Now planning for complete Physical Internet system by 2030. Interviewed by Eric Beckwitt, Founder and CEO, Freightera.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 8 – 14)

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FedEx Express, UPS, and Atlas Air said in separate responses to the Department of Transportation that they support expansive air traffic rights but that the Saudi government restricts them from flying the most commercially efficient routes. The program will be in partnership with Recircled. That’s all for this week.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 22 – 28)

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Apple calls on global supply chain to decarbonize by 2030. Amazon’s European operations have been at the forefront of the company’s sustainable transportation push. Overall revenue for the Atlanta-based delivery company rose 4.2% Amazon in the news: Amazon, Hawaiian Airlines gear up for 2023 launch of Airbus freighters.