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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

by Wolfgang Lehmacher, Anchor Group & Mikael Lind, Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE). Even with all new Glasgow pledges for 2030, we will emit roughly twice as much in 2030 as required for 1.5 But at the end it is demand that drives research and development (R&D). Part 1–Defining the moment.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

While the Wing and Walmart services are still pretty limited, with each service initially designed to perform around 100 deliveries per day, they have both moved beyond the research and development phase. This is a full five years ahead of the original target of 2030. The combined venture will be valued at around $4 billion.

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Tackling the Unknown: Trying to Figure Out New Forms of Analytics

Supply Chain Shaman

The new world of supply chain analytics is my current research project. Cloud and open source analytics are fueling new markets giving rise of new software providers in analytics with names like Board, Cloudera, EveryAngle, Enterra Solutions, FusionOps, Halo, Qlik, Spotfire, Transvoyant, Trifecta, and Trufa. New names abound.

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Go Horizontal!

Supply Chain Shaman

I did not understand warehousing and transportation until reassignment to a logistics role in 1985. In the traditional supply chain world, the processes of sell, deliver, make, source, and plan are separate and distinct. In our research, we see that the successful implementation of horizontal processes helps to close these gaps.

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What You Need To Know About The State Of The Retail Worker Shortage

ToolsGroup

Source: Bloomberg.com. Forecasts by Korn Ferry cited that by 2030, more than 85 million jobs might go unfilled as there won’t be enough skilled people to fill them. Leaked internal research reveals Amazon is at risk to run out of workers for its US warehouses by 2024. The UK hit a record high of 1.3

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Supply Chain’s Next Decade of Dealing With the Unknown

MIT Supply Chain

Common interests My 2014 post noted how the profession has evolved beyond its transportation/ warehousing roots to become a strategic resource. At the time, I started a research project on supply chain sustainability that culminated in my book “Balancing Green: When to Embrace Sustainability in Business (and When Not To)” (MIT Press, 2018).

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Adapting Supply Chains to the Digital Retail Revolution

SCMDOJO

Precise inventory and retail data empower businesses to efficiently fulfill orders from the most suitable location (such as a warehouse/fulfillment center, a retail store, or a drop ship partner). According to Dataprot’s research findings, there will be over 25.4 billion operational IoT devices by 2030.