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Logistics Woes Start People Thinking About Christmas in July

Enterra Insights

… Christmas in July started [88] years ago on July 24th and 25th in 1933 at a girls’ camp called Keystone Camp in Brevard, North Carolina.”[1] Logistics Concerns Have Lots of People Thinking About Christmas in July. Two concerns top the list of reasons for this uncertainty: inflation and logistics.

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The Promise and Peril of Generative AI for Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

The keys to succeeding in AI As a trio of economists argue in a pair of books, most recently Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence , we seek predictions where there is uncertainty. The post The Promise and Peril of Generative AI for Supply Chains appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Logistics Market Stays Flat as May Begins

Zipline Logistics

Currently, we are seeing little fluctuation in the domestic logistics market when compared to the past few weeks. . But the Logistics Manager’s Index skyrocketed from the end of Feb ruary through April. Zipline Regional Logistics Market Updates . Northeast Logistics . Midwest Logistics . 01 per mile.

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Some positive signs, but warehouse labor shortage continues

Kanban Logistics

million warehouse and storage employees on the books that month. Lean on Kanban Logistics to mitigate the labor shortage. At Kanban Logistics, an Eastern-North-Carolina-based 3PL provider, we take pride in our low employee turnover rates. The Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that there were a record 1.44

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This Week in Logistics News (February 26 – March 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Maersk said Tuesday it was halting bookings in light of the sanctions imposed on Russia, including congestion being caused by customs authorities inspecting cargo bound for the country and changing credit terms impacting its customers. Ukraine invasion and the semi-conductor chip impact.

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How E-Commerce Is Reinventing the Humble Warehouse

MIT Supply Chain

This is one of the concepts we have modeled at the MIT Megacity Logistics Lab. The Megacity Logistics Lab has also looked at the use of vertical takeoff aircraft to move products to densely populated centers and trucks equipped with drones that drop off deliveries in rural areas. The Airbnb model provides a convenient solution.

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Fearless Females of Supply Chain: Be WISE

BlueYonder

WISE is a student organization with the primary purpose of promoting the field of supply chain management/logistics. I attended the University of Tennessee and at that time it had a well-known logistics and transportation program, so that’s what I decided to pursue for my master’s. Along the way, I really fell in love with the field.