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This Week in Logistics News (September 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon is acquiring Cloostermans, a company out of Belgium that is a specialist in mechatronics. The Matternet M2 has become the first non-military unmanned aircraft system (UAS/drone) to earn its FAA type certificate.

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China’s Export Restrictions on Germanium and Gallium  

Resilinc

However, when it comes to more advanced technology like satellites and military applications, silicon won’t cut it. Do other countries mine gallium? While China exports about 60% of the world’s germanium, the other 40% comes from Canada, the US, Finland, and Belgium.

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How Being in the Army Changed My Life

BlueYonder

Thank you to our Blue Yonder military veterans and all those who have served. That’s when I decided to become a Military Clerk/Administrator. During my time as a Military Administrator I served in Germany, Holland, Belgium and Northern Ireland. This year, in honor of Veterans Day, we share four Blue Yonder perspectives.

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Veterans Day with Gratitude

BlueYonder

We proudly count more than 68 JDA associates as military veterans and are grateful for their service. My father made the decision, with the permission of his mother, to lie about his age and enlist in the military at age 17. Military Career. The nation was dismantling the military build-up and selling off what was not needed.

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Veterans Day with Gratitude

BlueYonder

We proudly count more than 68 JDA associates as military veterans and are grateful for their service. My father made the decision, with the permission of his mother, to lie about his age and enlist in the military at age 17. Military Career. The nation was dismantling the military build-up and selling off what was not needed.

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The Weight of Memory

Tailwind

It is shaped in that manner because engraved into its marble surface are ALL THE NAMES of the over 57,000 soldiers and military personnel who died in that war. In our industry, there are a significant number of people who have served in the military – many of whom served in the more recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Abraham Lincoln.

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Appeasement vs. Go Bold: Chamberlain, Churchill and the Supply Chain

BlueYonder

When Hitler’s armies conquered Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium and France, Britain stood alone against all of the might of the combined German and Italian military. He marched his armies into the Crimea much like Hitler marched into Czechoslovakia and has continued to supply military aid to the rebels in eastern Ukraine.