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July Transportation Market Overview 2021

Freight Plus

On the domestic side, both dry vans and reefers continue to run tight in terms of capacity with rates remaining elevated. Uber Freight recognizes the importance of managed transportation. The demands of a volatile market and the increasing complexity of globalized logistics are clashing with industrial-age transportation technology.

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

Sustainable supply chain management: The original model of Supply Chain Management follows a linear production that hypothesizes the constant input of natural resources and an unlimited capacity to assimilate waste. Retrieved from Triple EFF. consulting. EM Ojo, C. GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. Corporate news.

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Trends 2021: Megatrends, Part Two

Enterra Insights

” Other energy trends include improvements in storage capacity to provide around-the-clock energy from renewable sources and advances in smart grid technology. They suggest looking at Mexico, Poland, Turkey, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines. ”[4].

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What Does it Take to be a Successful Entrepreneur? The Incredible Journey of a Last Mile Pioneer

Logistics Viewpoints

Wumdrop is a successful last mile logistics company in South Africa. So, we outsourced the delivery capacity too incumbent courier companies. We figured the lesson of removing anxiety from a delivery was a scalable opportunity in South Africa. I interviewed Simon Hartley, the cofounder of Wumdrop.

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The things we’ve seen, in 2019

DELMIA Quintiq

Thus far, we’ve shared seven stories of individuals who are working hard towards their sustainability goals, in a wide range of sectors: medicine, farming, transportation and more. Fifteen new startups from Belgium, China, France, India, South Africa and the U.S. We’ve Got News!

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What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage + 7 Ways Consumers and Companies are Coping

ToolsGroup

Like the chicken shortage and other issues surrounding the supply chain crisis , infant formula shortages originated with COVID-19 disrupting the supply chain , triggering the lack of labor , transportation, and raw materials. After speaking with all infant formula manufacturers, the FDA shared that all are producing at an expanded capacity.

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Top 5 Aerospace Supply Chain Disruptions of 2023

Resilinc

In another instance, Hulamin Aluminum Mill workers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, began striking on July 14 for higher medical care contributions. Labor disruptions were a particular problem across all forms of global transportation as well. Learn more in our Special Report: Global Transportation Disruptions. #3