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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Last night, I took my 13-year-old son to see the movie Air, which tells the story of how Nike pursued basketball rookie Michael Jordan in 1984 to sign with the company. That move, and Michael Jordan’s incredible talent and business acumen, has turned the Jordan brand into a multi-billion-dollar business.

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Three Ways Government Can Champion IoT-Wired Supply Chains

TMC

Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security. Robinson and the Transportation Intermediaries Association, the testimony focused on how the IoT impacts supply chain, logistics, and the movement of goods. Combat cargo theft. This post is credited to Jordan Kass.

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How E-Commerce Is Reinventing the Humble Warehouse

MIT Supply Chain

The trucks transport products to proximate areas, where lighter, more nimble vehicles such as cargo bikes complete the final deliveries. In one configuration, modeled in Mexico City, trucks are loaded at mini-warehouses strategically located near population centers throughout the city.

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

Talking Logistics

In North America, average truckload rate per mile charged to customers increased about two percent while truckload transportation costs increased about four percent, excluding the estimated impacts of the change in fuel. Truckload net revenues, however, decreased 1.3 percent in the quarter compared to Q3 2012.

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Supply Chain IoT Unlocks Efficiency and Transparency

TMC

Among the industries forecast to make the largest IoT investments in 2016, transportation comes in second ($78 billion). A key application area I described in my last IoT post was the use of sensors on trucks to track the status of perishable cargos. billion of the industry’s investments. Reactive to predictive.

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Supply Chain IoT Unlocks Efficiency and Transparency

TMC

Among the industries forecast to make the largest IoT investments in 2016, transportation comes in second ($78 billion). A key application area I described in my last IoT post was the use of sensors on trucks to track the status of perishable cargos. billion of the industry’s investments. Reactive to predictive.

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Supply Chain IoT Unlocks Efficiency and Transparency

TMC

Among the industries forecast to make the largest IoT investments in 2016, transportation comes in second ($78 billion). A key application area I described in my last IoT post was the use of sensors on trucks to track the status of perishable cargos. billion of the industry’s investments. Reactive to predictive.