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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news. This is a full five years ahead of the original target of 2030. Of these 37 projects, 23 are in the US, which brings Amazon’s total clean energy procurement in the US from 7.2 The post This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Understanding Supply Chain Sustainability

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The SDGs were set up in 2015 by the United Nations General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the year 2030 and are included in a UN Resolution called the 2030 Agenda. As a result, Mars has been able to procure renewable electricity to cover the entire business in those specific countries.

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51st Symposium Purchasing and Logistics

Supply Chain Movement

51st Symposium Purchasing and Logistics. en/all-events/51st-symposium-purchasing-and-logistics/. Agenda 2030: Agile and Networked. This is why the 51 st Symposium will cover issues on the following topics: Purchasing 2030: thinking out of the box. Date: 9 – 11 November 2016. Venue: InterContinental Berlin, Germany.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018)

Talking Logistics

The VP of Supply Chain and Logistics at our house (aka my wife) has been out of the country this week. So, while I count the days and hours and minutes until she gets back, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) Activates For Latest Major Hurricane Of 2018.

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Logistics Imperatives to Manage Uncertainty and Disruptions in 2022: Part 2

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This is Part 2 of a multi-part series addressing logistics imperatives necessary to manage uncertainly and disruptions heading into 2022. The entire world owes a huge debt to the drivers , warehouse associates and other essential logistics workers who kept supply chains moving during the worst months of the pandemic.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. We can no longer assume that government policy is rational, variability is low or logistics are available. The focus of the conference is on Supply Chain 2030. Reflection.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up

Supply Chain Matters

The report additionally cites the reasons for this year’s low levels of traditional hiring as being the NRF’s indications of lowered expected holiday spending on products and that retailers and logistics services providers can meet additional demand with existing part-time employees. Delivery of these innovative vans began in July 2022.