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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now for this week’s logistics news: Walmart Adds Truck Powered by Compressed Natural Gas to its Transportation Fleet CMA CGM offers $5.5 The vehicle will make its inaugural trip from Indiana to California, where it will be featured at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo. CMA CGM is offering 5 billion euros ($5.48

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The Post-Pandemic Supply Chain with Peter Tirschwell

The Logistics of Logistics

S&P Global is the world’s foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. Changes like the turmoil in Asia (Taiwan & China) and in Europe (Ukraine & Russia) are currently impacting supply chains.

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Inditex Achieves Added Business and Supply Network Accomplishments

Supply Chain Matters

Of all of our featured blog content in 2021, our most read blog was our March 2021 commentary: Zara Provides The Benchmark For Supply Chain Digital Transformation. . Further reported was the highest profitability performance in a decade in the midst of high inflation and disrupted global transportation and logistics networks.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 9-13, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Chainalytics Introduces FMIQ Monthly Benchmarking Index. December 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Transportation Department pushes tough oil train standards – sources (Reuters). Launches New Trade Challenge Against China (WSJ – sub.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.8 - 1.11

Freight Plus

“Order rates right now are not that relevant,” said Don Ake, vice president of commercial vehicles at FTR Transportation Intelligence. 150 high-tech logistics hubs coming to China by 2025. YoY on China to US lanes. The report also found that 13% of firms don’t use any digital tools beyond Excel. While this is a 22.9%

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Managing Supply Chain Disruptions in the Middle East

Locus

Transportation: Trade routes blockage – Congestion at ports. This factor would vary with the mode of transportation we choose and also how optimized our routing is. Supply chain risk management maturity levels define how well a company has developed the risk management processes in comparison to industry benchmarks.

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Reshoring to the US and Europe Accelerating, Now Also Serving CO2 Emission Reduction Objectives

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Companies are now combining this decentralization of production from China and Asia to Europe and the US to include CO2 emission reduction objectives. The proximity to main customers, a more resilient value chain and reduction of transportation costs favor decentralisation of production.