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This Week in Logistics News (February 4 – 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

Worst January US Intermodal in 10 years Our thoughts and prayers are with those in Turkey and Syria impacted by the recent earthquakes. Gap’s GPS Platform Services and UPS-owned Ware2Go are teaming up to provide an asset-lite co-warehousing solution. Once again warehousing metrics are the primary driver of logistic activity.

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016. Aligning Warehouse Labor Management with Omni-Channel Strategy. Of course, what happens in the U.S.

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I Will Be Wrong Again: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2017

Talking Logistics

All of these entities could have a destabilizing effect on world peace and prosperity, whether it’s Russia and its military actions in Syria and elsewhere (not to mention its fighter jets buzzing U.S. We already see this in the consumer realm with smartphones, and in the warehouse too with voice picking technologies.