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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The industry which previously showed largely low levels of commitment to engage in the COP agenda, showed the world that it exists and can take a seat at the COP table to actively contribute to fight climate change – but the sector also expressed its need for support. came from trucks carrying cargo. Most of this, 45.1

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This Week in Logistics News (November 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Robinson Enters Switzerland Marketplace. Port truck drivers on West Coast protest costs, working conditions ( Cargo Business News ). Robinson announced that it has opened a new office in Basel, Switzerland. In this week’s news… XPO Logistics Acquires Optima Service Solutions. UPS Sets 2014 Rates. higher than in September.”

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The decrease of air freight, an opportunity for commercial airlines?

KEPLER Consulting

Air freight : situation and players. It is a bad time for air freight. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) attributes this decline to rising kerosene prices, Sino-American trade tensions and protests in Hong Kong – forcing world’s first cargo airport to shut down temporarily.

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How Blockchain Could Create the 'Autonomous Container'

Supply Chain Brain

The technology has proved to be of particular value in in the pharmaceutical industry, where the slightest deviation in temperature can ruin an expensive shipment of drugs. The technology features chips that monitor temperature and humidity within a 500-meter range of an air-freight container. With scale, we can lower the cost.”

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The Beginning of the Beginning: A Progress Report on the Digitisation of Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Is this true for the supply chain industry? An indication for this belief is the level of fundraising reached by digital players like Flock Freight, a trucking platform and project44, a supply chain visibility platform, which reached US$113.5 We hear it everywhere: Covid-19 has accelerated digitization—but I have several questions!

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Logistics & Supply Chain News Roundup, January 2023

Logistics Bureau

In the Seafood Industry, at Least, Just-in-Time is Dead If you tend to doubt that the logistics industry is being forced into a state of considerable upheaval, consider this: Ever since the height of the COVID pandemic, pundits have been speculating that the era of just-in-time supply chains is over, but now it’s no longer just the pundits.

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Deutsche Telekom and arviem AG launch M2M partnership

Global Trade Management

Global Cargo Monitoring / Cargo Tracking. Deutsche Telekom AG today signed a nearly double-digit million euro contract with leading cargo monitoring service provider arviem AG of Switzerland. Cargo monitoring is crucially important for many companies if they are to remain competitive. March 21, 2013. Blog Archive.

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