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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In respect to logistics and transport something remarkable happened at COP26. The first Z – Zero emission road transport: Global MOU for ZE-MHDVs . In 2018, according to data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) road transport accounted for three-quarters of transport emissions. Most of this, 45.1

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Digitisation: Shifting Gears in 2021

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Logistics service providers set up their portals to more efficiently deal with and manage ad-hoc quotations and bookings. The book author is FT, Forbes, Fortune, BI and Nikkei contributor. Warehouse automation was in full swing and maritime apps were suddenly mushrooming. Then Covid-19 came into play. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Digitization in the Making – A reflection post-pandemic frenzy!

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Imbalances in ocean transport, port congestion and equipment shortages, with surging freight rates became the new normal. He was also Head of the Eastern European and Mediterranean Regions and Country General Manager Switzerland at TNT. The book author is FT, Forbes, Fortune, BI and Nikkei contributor. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Empowered Consumers Require Omnichannel Strategies

Enterra Insights

” The quote finds its origins in Sir Francis Bacon’s book Meditationes Sacrae , which was published in 1597. “Facebook was still competing with MySpace for traffic,” he writes, “Amazon was primarily known for selling books, and the iPhone was just released. ”[2] What has changed? “Take a 360 ?

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Sustainability’s Inconvenient Truth

Logistics Viewpoints

A book called How the World Really Works argues that “we are a fossil-fueled civilization whose technical and scientific advances, quality of life, and prosperity rest on the combustion of huge quantities of fossil carbon. Cement is an indispensable material for supporting our metropolitan and transportation infrastructures.

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Staying Ahead of Supply Chain Paradigms – LogiSYM September 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

He is Industry Advisor Logistics of Anchor Group and Advisor of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT). Prior to La Poste, he was Head of Eastern European and Mediterranean Regions, and Country General Manager Switzerland at TNT. He gave over 100 speeches worldwide. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Knowledge is power – Start managing your cargo shipments actively

Global Trade Management

One platform, one dashboard Based in the heart of Switzerland arviem is about to be a melting pot for global cargo monitoring. This is what I call knowledge and this is what is giving you the power to manage your shipments actively. This must not longer be a nice-to-have, with arviem you can get this already today.

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