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This Week in Logistics News (September 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

billion this year to acquire shares from certain Flipkart stakeholders and resolve liabilities with some PhonePe shareholders, illustrating just how aggressively it’s betting on India at a time when its chief global rival Amazon is scaling back on its expenditures in the South Asian market. Walmart has spent $3.5

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Does Your TMS Support Rail’s Unique Requirements?

Talking Logistics

For example, shipping goods from Atlanta to Tampa may cover 400 truck miles, but using rail the trip could be closer to 800 miles. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering from the Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India and a PG certification in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur, India.

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Mid-Year Assessment of 2022 Supply Chain Predictions- Part One

Supply Chain Matters

In its Q4-2021 update, The CFO Survey, a collaboration of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and Atlanta indicated that the most pressing concerns among Chief Financial Officer’s (CFOs) entering this year centered around labor availability, cost pressures, inflation, and supply-chain disruption.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 8-12, 2016)

Talking Logistics

The report envisioned a global delivery network that controls the flow of goods from factories in China and India to customer doorsteps in Atlanta, New York and London.

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Unlocking the Value of Global Supply Chain: the Case Studies

Supply Chain Opz

In order to reduce overall costs, Volkswagen outsources many components from suppliers in India. From its inception as a local company in Atlanta, Coca-Cola has now become one of the biggest multinational companies in the world, thanks to the franchising model. Then finished products will be sold via the retailing partners.

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Late Night Thoughts on Productivity, Efficiency and Global Supply Chain Effectivness

Supply Chain Shaman

So many thoughts in my mind… Yesterday, I signed a contract for Robert Gordon, author of the book, Rise and Fall of American Growth to speak at the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit on September 5th-8th in Lake Oconee, Georgia (north of Atlanta).

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Warby Parker vs Luxottica: Supply Chain Disintermediation in the Eyewear Industry

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Luxottica maintains a warehouse in Atlanta and ships roughly 470k units of inventory each week - 300k to retail locations and 170k as wholesale to independent opticians and department stores. Luxottica has manufacturing facilities in five countries: Italy, China, India, United States and Brazil. An Industry Newcomer: Warby Parker.