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This Week in Logistics News (February 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

Gretchen McCarthy, Target’s chief global supply chain & logistics officer, said Target has to keep up with customer expectations — namely getting online purchases conveniently and quickly. What’s a bit novel is that they’ve also developed an analytics engagement lead role to serve as an organizational coach.

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Why Blockchain Within The Supply Chain Makes Perfect Sense

GlobalTranz

Manifesting this trend is the terminology and concept of Digital Path to Purchase — the omni-channel, tech-focused approach to supporting and acting on a consumer’s purchase. Supporting an efficient digital path to purchase requires comprehensive digital collaboration.

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One Man’s Trash: How Blockchain Can Target Food Waste to Help End World Hunger

Material Handling & Logistics

billion metric tons—gets lost or wasted. What’s more, net food losses in developed countries (222 million metric tons) equate to nearly all of the food produced in Sub-Saharan Africa yearly (223 million metric tons). Every year, one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption—or 1.3

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Can B2B e-commerce solve supply chain issues?

Cathy Roberson

According to IHS Markit, March US purchasing manager’s index (PMI) was the second strongest since data collection began in May 2007. Available in Rwanda, it plans to expand across Africa and around the world. Maersk is one to keep an eye on as it builds its logistics capabilities beyond its ocean freight transportation services.

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Supply Chain Movement Q4: Cross-border

Supply Chain Movement

Partly thanks to emerging economies such as Russia, Brazil and South Africa, companies will increasingly be trading with partners outside of the European Union, which means that local customs and tax legislation and regulations will have an ever greater influence on business operations. 14 | Cross-border supply chains.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Many metrics can be used to determine the top 3PL warehousing companies, such as company revenue, the number of warehouses, total warehouse square footage , etc. This compilation is based on the most currently available company revenue data (between 2018 and 2020) without factoring in any other metric. Kuehne + Nagel Inc.

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Supply Chain Roundtable Series: Getting Demand Forecasting Right 

Unleashed

Meet the experts Nicki Hawkins – Cost Accountant & Head of Purchasing – Ribeye Boats , premium leisure boats in Dartmouth, Devon. Impact on disposable income and household budgets will inevitably [affect] the purchase of luxury goods for the regular household,” James Trevelyan of Circle One Surf Co.