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This Week in Logistics News (April 27 – May 3)

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in push for freight decarbonization China e-commerce exports, unreliable Red Sea shipping boost air cargo Sephora is expanding its take-back and refillables programs Amazon announced that it delivered to Prime subscribers at its “fastest speed ever” in its quarterly earnings on Tuesday.

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Supplier Diversity: From Checking-the-Box to a C-Suite Strategy

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This support and partnership can come in the form of regulatory action, guidelines and targets, or nongovernment organizations (NGO). Buoyed by action from the Canadian government, they launched a new agile procurement initiative in 2018 with the stated purpose of simplifying its procurement process e for small and diverse businesses. .

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Amazon Supply Chain Innovation Continues

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According to sources, the incubator is not about tackling the challenges of today’s capacity crunch. The coronavirus pandemic helped push e-commerce to new levels; but as e-commerce sales soared, so too did heavy duty trucking on the roads to get goods to their final destination.

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The Role of Blockchain in SCM, with Examples

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Compliance and Auditing : Blockchain empowers constant checking and following of consistency with guidelines and industry principles. This works with consistent examining and announcing, guaranteeing that all gatherings comply with the necessary principles and guidelines throughout the production network.

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2018 Outlook of the Capacity Crunch: Buckle Up…

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The end of 2017 shaping up to present one of the strictest capacity crunch for 2018, explains Chris Brady of Logistics Viewpoints. percent of all tracking availability and capacity, but that has since tightened. percent of all tracking availability and capacity, but that has since tightened.

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3PLs and the Trials of COVID-19

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For both groups, the biggest wildcard has been the lack of pre-pandemic expertise in e-commerce fulfillment and last mile/home delivery. In addition to establishing company-wide policies, 3PLs must adhere to applicable state and local guidelines for each of their locations. maximum room capacities and the spacing of work areas).

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Blockchain and Trucking: A Match Made on the Road

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Additionally, with the passage of the MAP-21 Act (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act), there were changes made in the hours of service guidelines that reduced the number of hours that could be driven by a trucker before he or she had to rest.