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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Early in the pandemic, the company organized an airlift of two flights per week to deliver several hundred million masks from China to France. Recently, CEVA Logistics joined the Singapore Changi Airport community in a humanitarian aid project to transport 14,000-kilogram of oxygen concentrators from Los Angeles to Jakarta via Singapore.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

Labor shortages in transportation and warehousing are quick to make headlines, but job opportunities across the supply chain continue to go unfilled despite promising pay and benefits. is trying to close the gap with big production incentives tied to each major stage of that process.

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Logistics Report: Forecasting More Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Shifting Compet ition

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Forecasting Shipping Delays; Cargo Swamps Airports; Alibaba’s Challenge. The supply-chain problems are helping drive stronger inflation, the WSJ’s Gwynn Guilford and Anthony DeBarros report , as rising transport and other logistics costs flow through to the cost of consumer goods. Transportation. Cargo Facts).

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This Week in Logistics News (December 4 -10)

Logistics Viewpoints

Border leaders sign agreement for Rio Grande Valley’s 2nd cargo bridge. Federal, state, and local border leaders, including Mexican officials, gathered at McAllen City Hall on Wednesday to celebrate the signing of a historic agreement that will give the Rio Grande Valley its second international cargo bridge with Mexico.

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The Evolving Warehouse: Prepare Your Warehouse for Disruption

Logistics Viewpoints

With the lack of drivers and trucks picking up cargo, this is also causing U.S. With transportation delays already cutting into fulfillment timeframes, companies need efficient, technology-driven distribution networks that surpass traditional linear supply chains. trucking industry, according to the American Trucking Association.

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The Journey to End-to-End (E2E) Supply Chain Visibility Is Ongoing

Logistics Viewpoints

It means being able to see where a shipment or an order is while it’s in transit — whether on a truck, a railcar, an ocean liner or a cargo plane — anywhere in the world. This is the portion of E2E that is most commonly referred to as “real-time transportation visibility”.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

France clamps down on delivery depot ‘dark stores’ Upset by high prices, GM’s Cruise develops its own chips for self-driving cars. A rise in cargo volumes and idling empty containers led the port to propose a dwell fee in August in hopes it would speed throughput. And now on to this week’s logistics news.