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Best Logistics and Supply Chain Conferences to Attend in 2024

Logistics Viewpoints

This year, as with years in the past, there is a broad and deep line-up of supply chain and logistics conferences to attend. Meanwhile, technology providers’ user events are mostly packed into the spring, so plan accordingly. It’s a “who’s who” in warehouse automation, software, and robotics.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

However, the most surprising new addition, at least to me is supply chain (the chain of processes, businesses, etc. I was beyond shocked that supply chain had never been in the dictionary before. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Container dwell fee paused at Port of New York and New Jersey.

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Will Climate Change Force Agriculture Indoors?

Enterra Insights

” They point out that 12 million hectares is approximately four times the size of Belgium. This includes intensive use of technologies, for example through fully automated management of crops as well as lighting and irrigation systems. Indoor farming is heavily reliant on technology.

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The Day a Cyber Attack Brings the World’s Supply Chains to a Halt

Talking Logistics

“FedEx and UPS have ground to a complete standstill today due to what they say is a virus in their logistics shipping software…blaming the hacking group Anonymous after they declared their intention to punish shipping companies for halting shipments of flu vaccines into China. Could this fictional scenario come true someday?

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Warehousing, the Rise of IT, Automation, and Now… Robotics

Logistics Bureau

On the other hand, offshoring growth has fuelled the need for warehousing as part of the elongated supply chain. Furthermore, by making the warehouse a retail centre in its own right, warehouses are getting a new lease of life as end-customer distribution outlets, whether or not just-in-time methods are being used.

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Amazon News Cycle Accelerates With a Purpose

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights a series of recent Amazon focused developments that likely have interweaving themes relative to changing business strategies. . The news cycle focused on retail platform and web infrastructure services provider Amazon has accelerated these past few weeks. Let’s focus on some of the highlights.

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Seeing is Believing: Debunking the Myths of 3D Printing at Materialise

NC State SCRC

I spent a fascinating day visiting the Materialize 3D Printing headquarters in Leuven, Belgium yesterday. Materialise is one of the world leaders in 3D printing technology, and we learned a great deal in spending our time with the Belgian team on this visit. The second part is the software. 3D Printed Car. 3D Printed Car.