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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, which launched in April 2022, is still intent on finding and investing in startups that can help the e-commerce giant deliver goods faster, while improving the experience of customers as well as the employees who work in its warehouses and logistics departments.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

In that spirit, we’ve combed the MH&L archives for the most innovative supply chain developments of the past year, as reported in our print magazine, on our website, in our e-newsletters, or our various social media channels. We hope you enjoy this salute to the best of 2018, and we look forward to even more innovations in 2019.

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Don’t Get Caught Off-Guard: Preparing for July 2016 SOLAS Shipper Mandates

Talking Logistics

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) new requirements go into effect on July 1, 2016, stating that all packed containers must have verified gross mass weights reported to the carrier and terminal before loading. Shippers, beneficial cargo owners or non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) are responsible for verifying weights.

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Uberisation of Logistics – Are You Too Late?

Logistics Bureau

These enterprises effectively connect freight service buyers and sellers, set prices, enable transactions, and take fees, leaving freight service sellers to handle the assets needed to ship and distribute freight. The second largest concern was access to talent, and the third largest was innovation”. Accelerating Factors.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 5-9, 2015)

Talking Logistics

It was a relatively quiet week for industry news, but here are the items that caught my attention… JDA Reinvents the Omni-channel Experience with a Re-visioned, Persona-based and Mobile WMS User Experience. Uber’s Latest Experiment Is Uber Cargo, A Logistics Service In Hong Kong. UPS Worldwide Express Freight Expands.

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Logistics in the City

Enterra Insights

”[3] Back in 2019, Jasper Dekker ( @dekkerjasper ), an Associate Design Director at Smart Design, reported, “In New York City, 1.5 Calvert reports some cities, like New York, are trying to encourage the use of cargo bikes. ” Big packages, however, are a problem for cargo bikes.

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Profile in Leadership: Bill Gates and the Future of Humanity

Enterra Insights

He wrote, “During World War II, an amazing amount of innovation, including radar, reliable torpedoes, and code-breaking, helped end the war faster. More emissions come from airplanes, cargo ships, and trucks. This area will be more important over the next few decades as the global population moves to cities.

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