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Building a Global Logistics Juggernaut with Nourhan Beyrouti

The Logistics of Logistics

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. AJEX actively contributes to Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 by driving the growth of the logistics sector within the region.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

Walmart in the news: Walmart, suppliers continue sustainability collaboration. Small businesses getting squeezed out in push for warehouse space. The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. Walmart to buy Alert Innovation.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

By 2030, the Coca-Cola Co. Design: make all primary consumer packaging recyclable by 2025 and use 50 percent recycled material in our packaging by 2030. Collect: collect and recycle a bottle or can for every bottle or can sold by 2030. Sustainability continues to be top of mind for companies.

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Amazon Workers Walk Out and Demonstrate for Grievances with Management

Supply Chain Matters

In the area of corporate sustainability efforts, employees indicate that the company has scaled back its Climate Pledge which included an original goal to reach net-zero emissions by 2030. All 18 proposals failed to garner shareholder approval.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017 : exoskeletons, autonomous forklifts, flying warehouses, last-mile delivery, and more. Warehouse Automation. Content Summary: Honeywell and Carnegie Mellon Partner to Bring AI to the Warehouse.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

Port of New York and New Jersey sets container fee. Walmart launches new restored goods program. 17 states stand by plan to electrify 30% of trucks and buses by 2030. Apparently, warehouses are full. US considers crackdown on memory chip makers in China. Rail volume is not included. That’s all for this week.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

The firms are on course to add 115,000 jobs by 2030, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association — but at current degree completion rates, the group says, nearly three-fifths of those jobs could remain unfilled. Texas led the expansion of hiring, followed by North Carolina and New York.