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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

The solution also provides different substitution strategies depending on the retailer’s brand promise, and generates customer-ready paperwork before sending the picked items electronically to the point-of-sale system. Of course, technology is only one piece of the omni-channel fulfillment puzzle. .”

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Interesting Facts & Financial Breakdown of the Global Logistics Market

GlobalTranz

Since the construction of the pyramids in ancient Egypt, logistics has made remarkable strides. Examples of this fundamental progress include the invention of the sea cargo container and the creation of novel service systems during the 20th century. And now for the infographic.

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Three Supply Chain Risk Management Lessons You Can Learn from the Suez Canal Block

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Although the cargo on the Ever Given is still at a standstill, other ships have been able to freely move through the canal over the past few weeks. Even still, the effects of the Suez Canal block will continue to ripple far beyond the cargo that remains stuck on the Ever Given. A risk management strategy is no longer a luxury.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

The Suez Canal The Suez Canal is an artificial waterway that spans the Isthmus of Suez in northeastern Egypt and connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Gulf of Suez, an arm of the Red Sea. By the time Egypt nationalized the canal in June 1956, all British troops had left. In 1956, Israel, France, and Britain invaded Egypt as a result.

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High Seas Troubles Affect Global Supply Chains, Part One: Security Risks

Enterra Insights

Customers of maritime shipping firms not only want to protect their goods they also want to avoid higher insurance and additional shipping surcharges for cargo transiting the Red Sea. ”[9] One of the biggest losers in this scenario is Egypt.