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Why Packaging Matters with Phillip Akhzar

The Logistics of Logistics

Phil began his professional career at Boeing Aerospace. Phil is a San Francisco native, who earned an Industrial Engineering degree from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo. Phillip is a serial entrepreneur, Y Combinator alum, and sustainability and supply chain expert.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

This new partnership comes just months after Mattel sent two Barbie dolls into space as part of a collaboration with the International Space Station National Lab to encourage girls to consider aerospace, engineering and STEM careers. Financial terms of deal were not disclosed. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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If There’s One Constant in the World, It’s Pi (Day)

DELMIA Quintiq

It was organized by a physicist named Larry Shaw at the San Francisco Exploratorium. Take aerospace for example. Engineers in the aerospace industry use Pi for what is known as actuators. This day was created solely to celebrate the mathematical constant ?. It does, in fact, in many ways.

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Is Hyperloop the Next Great Supply Chain Technology?

Kinaxis

The proposed first route between Los Angeles and San Francisco would cut travel times from 4 hours to 35 minutes. But it’s gained new prominence with some engineering advances, as well as the imprimatur of Musk, who’s gained tons of press for successfully disrupting the online payment, aerospace , and automotive industries.

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Eliminating Real-World Bottlenecks using AI from Silicon Valley to Mars

ThroughPut

Originally an aerospace engineer for 12 years, Eric learned how to impart structure around ideas that transform them into solutions. Eric runs Strategic Partnerships at Ford Smart Mobility. Erics’s current work at Ford Mobility involves scouting new mechanical engineering and robotics principles in an R&D lab.

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Eliminating Real-World Bottlenecks using AI from Silicon Valley to Mars

ThroughPut

Originally an aerospace engineer for 12 years, Eric learned how to impart structure around ideas that transform them into solutions. Eric West: Strategic Partnerships @ Ford Smart Mobility Eric runs Strategic Partnerships at Ford Smart Mobility.

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ThroughPut Inc. Appoints the former Vice-Chairman of Bank of America and Distinguished Business Finance Expert, Luke Helms, to its Advisory Board

ThroughPut

ELI enables Process Improvement Experts and Operations Managers to reduce cycle times and operational unpredictability across some of the most advanced process industries, including manufacturing, logistics, automotive & transportation, aerospace & aviation, chemical processing, energy & utilities, oil & gas, and others.