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Modernizing the Warehouse with Andy Johnston

The Logistics of Logistics

As a growth partner to its clients, GEODIS specializes in five lines of business: Supply Chain Optimization, Global Freight Forwarding, Global Contract Logistics, Distribution & Express, and European Road Network. GEODIS is also working to reduce its environmental impact and has set a goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2030.

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A New Era in Transport Logistics with Big Data and Self-Driving Trucks

Logistics Viewpoints

The resulting insights enable optimal transport and route management: Which routes within the distribution network should be utilized? The transition of an entire fleet to self-driving trucks can decrease operating by approximately 45 percent (according to McKinsey Route 2030, September 2030).

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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

This rollout is just the beginning of what is expected to be thousands of Amazon’s custom electric delivery vehicles in more than 100 cities by the end of this year—and 100,000 across the US by 2030. Procter & Gamble is taking note. But now there is an oversupply of containers and prices have been falling since September.

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Solve Driver Shortage with Smart Logistics Planning

DELMIA Quintiq

Increasingly distributed supply chains across the world have made logistics services more important than ever, but this also highlights a crucial issue that continues to grow: resource shortage. According to the World Economic Forum , over a quarter of commercial truck drivers in the US will be 65 or older by 2030.

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How Megacity Distribution Models are Changing Urban Logistics

TMC

How Megacity Distribution Models Are Changing Urban Logistics.Connect. There are 28 megacities on the planet, and the United Nations projects that the number will reach 41 by 2030, accounting for a population of some 453 million people. Megacities with 10 million or more inhabitants represent a huge market for goods and services.

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Supply Chain Scope: New Study Shows Rise in US Inventories; California Estimated to Improve Freight Efficiency by 25% in 2030

Arkieva

Sustainable Freight Action Plan for California is estimated to Improve Freight Efficiency by 25% in 2030. Targets for 2030 Include: Improve freight system efficiency 25 percent by 2030. Do you supply particular products, overall; are your suppliers well distributed across the world? Or in a few countries? Software Suite.

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Until AI Can Solve this One Simple Task, I Wouldn’t Worry About It

Logistics Viewpoints

Experts have recently warned about the possibility that artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to the destruction of 400 million jobs by 2030. A distributed order management (DOM) system determines which warehouse or store should be the originating location for an order. Let me explain this. It doesn’t.