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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

Next Steps: Start to model demand based on market data to align the organization on baseline demand. Resist the temptation to place deeper analytics on top of existing data models. Instead, rethink the model and the approach. Out of desperation, they turned to the use of descriptive analytics. Next Steps.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

In a strange twist, all the parking spaces for private planes in Las Vegas are currently booked, according to the Associated Press. In many of these incidents, homeowners were reported to have mistaken delivery drivers for intruders due to their cars being unmarked. Delta Cargo , a unit of Delta Air Lines Inc.,

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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

More on Maersk’s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report. On the horizontal carrier integration front, Maersk has doubled down on its extension from ocean consolidation (Hamburg Sud, 2017) to air cargo, increasing Maersk Air by 33% with three leased cargo planes and two new Boeing purchases.

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Coronavirus and the Trade War: A Perfect Storm Argument for SMB Supply Chain Diversification

Freightos

As airlines canceled flights, and ports contended with no cargo to ship and no workers to operate, air cargo and ocean freight have been disrupted, with ocean carriers losing millions each week. But this spike put capacity on container ships at a premium, pushing freight rates way up as well. The Trade War Impact.

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COVID-19: Bullwhip in Cheese Demand

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Revenues and profit at the delivery giant rose by double digits in the third quarter amid the pandemic-driven rush of online orders, the WSJ’s Paul Ziobro reports, but UPS’s main domestic business posted a sharp decline in profit on the higher costs of delivering all those boxes to homes. Share this email with a friend. – Bob.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

The DHL Spaces mobile app shows users the location of the space, how many square meters are available, and provides contact information for booking the space. Much like DHL Spaces, Flexe is a warehousing concern that connects companies needing w arehousing space to those with spare capacity. 4) MakeSpace and Omni.

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Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022

Locus

billion metric tons—the emissions have rebounded in 2021 and 2022. The latter was so severe that cargo ships had to run at half their usual capacity. Download our E-Book on Supply Chain Sustainability and Profitability with Green Logistics. While the COVID-19 pandemic brought down CO2 emissions by 5 percent —to 34.81