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This Week in Logistics News (January 23-27, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Here are some other details from the article: Amazon has helped ship at least 150 containers of goods from China since October, according to shipping documents collected at ports of entry that were compiled by Ocean Audit, a company specializing in ocean-freight refund recovery for shippers. Will he impose tariffs on imports from U.S.

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Blockchain for Trade Promotion Execution?

Supply Chain Insights

I’m sitting on my veranda in the hot Texas afternoon drinking my ice tea and mint leaves, turning the ribs every 8 minutes and reading my latest book. I just cracked open my recent Amazon delivery of Mark Smith’s book, Blockchain: Step By Step Guide To Understanding The Blockchain Revolution And The Technology Behind It.

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Will Arrogance Stunt your Growth?

Supply Chain Shaman

” When I first started working on the book Bricks Matter , I believed it too. Note that the ratios are better than absolute numbers because it helps in the comparison of large and small companies and performance across currencies.) I sadly found that this was not the case. However, I could not find it.

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2020 Requires Big Wings and Feet

Supply Chain Shaman

The number one question that I am asked today by manufacturers across all industries is “How can I improve customer service?” Most budgets are completed in currency at a brand level. To maximize value—price to tangible book, functional metrics need to be reset to focus on reliability. Background. Time horizon. Bias and error.

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Blockchain: A Single, Immutable, Serialized Source of Truth

Material Handling & Logistics

When many people hear the word blockchain, they immediately think about bitcoin and crypto-currencies, conjuring up images of hackers and black markets. Every amendment, be it a booking change or a schedule change, is preserved in order. Re-book the carrier: add another block. When linked to a crypto-currency (e.g.,

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Podcast: Daniel Stanton on Technology, Education, and Disruption

Requis

The second edition of his book, Supply Chain Management for Dummies, is now available. Along with your 11 courses on LinkedIn Learning, you’ve got a new edition of your book coming out. And it’s not just because I personally like to see a lot of book sales—I think it fills a really important gap.

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What’s the average cost of an inventory management system?

Unleashed

Inventory management software is a specialised tool for tracking inventory within a business, from the point of purchase all the way through manufacturing, warehousing, sales, and shipping. If you’re paying in a currency other than your own then your costs will change with the global economic tides.