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Does Geography Matter in the Digital Age?

Enterra Insights

But then along came the internet in the 1980s, and suddenly distance-related business costs collapsed for transactions, communications, transportation, and search. The web was the ‘death of distance,’ a concept popularized in 1997 by Frances Cairncross’s book of the same title.”[3] He was wrong.

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Another Equity Infusion for project44 With Notable Added Investors

Supply Chain Matters

Moeller Holding , the privately held investment company affiliated with Maersk Line, and France based CMA CGM , now a global carrier in sea, land, air and logistics services. It was led by London based sustainability investment firm Generation Investment Management, along with the investment arms of two ocean container shipping lines.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

For those unaware of the term, shrink is an accounting term used to describe when a store has fewer items in stock than in its recorded book inventory. The six areas are energy use, nature, waste, packaging, transportation, and product use and design. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Robots are everywhere these days.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3-7, 2017)

Talking Logistics

France Plans to End Sales of Gas and Diesel Cars by 2040 (New York Times). Wolters Kluwer Transport Services is acquired by Castik Capital. Walmart is building giant towers to solve the most annoying thing about online ordering (Business Insider). Caterpillar Faces New Questions in [Export and Tax Violations] Probe (WSJ – sub.

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Avoid “Lost in Translation”. Monetize S&OP to Include Finance.

ToolsGroup

3-9% reduction in transportation costs as a percentage of sales (overhead costs and profitability). Her research shows that effective Sales and Operations Planning is one of the most highly correlated factors to achieving high level financial success metrics, such a company’s stock price to tangible book value.

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The State of Digital Freight: The 4Ă—4 Blueprint for Freight 2020

Freightos

Online freight booking. This customer segment is incredibly important and if younger shippers can’t book a container and track its whereabouts on their smartphone (while they’re taking a group selfie!) If I book something, I want to know that it’s booked. Four Core Themes Shaping Logistics. Technology.

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Global Production Levels Falling At the End of 2023

Supply Chain Matters

Commenting on the outlook for 2024, Chris Williamson, Chief Business Economist at S&P Global Market Intelligence noted in part: “ Given current order book trends, the overall picture from the survey is one of supply exceeding demand for many goods, which points to downside risks to production, employment and prices as we head into 2024.”