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The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

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Similarly, UPS has strong commitments to sustainability and invests in many options, such as alternative fuel vehicles, e-cycles in dense cities, and carbon offsets for purchase with shipping. Schneider Electric has committed to convert its 14,000 fleet vehicles to electric by 2030. But what about the role of planning?

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

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It will allow for the automation of more complex warehousing tasks, such as unloading shipping containers and picking packets or individual e-commerce orders. Content Summary: Trucks Platoon Across North Carolina Turnpike. Click here to read the full story. Printer-friendly version. Facilities Management. Media Type.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 5 – 11)

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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.

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Apple – carbon

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Needleman reports, in a plan aimed at having every Apple device by 2030 to be produced with no net release of carbon into the atmosphere. It’s unclear, however, how far Apple’s commitment will reach into its shipping operations, which rely heavily on air transport to handle its high-value components. Advertisement. Number of the Day.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 25 – July 1)

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The deliveries will take place as part of a pilot that’s being conducted by Waymo and JB Hunt Transport Services to test out self-driving trucks along certain shipping routes in Texas. Cardinal Health started air delivery of pharmaceutical products and medical supplies via Zipline drone in North Carolina.