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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Manhattan Transportation Management Enhancements Enable the Acquisition and Supervision of Additional Shipment Capacity. Iceland Gets On-Demand Drone Deliveries (BloombergTechnology). MacroPoint uses this data to help transportation brokers, logistics service providers and shippers track the locations of deliveries in trucks.

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Supply Chain Resilience Core Capacities

MIT Supply Chain

A side-by-side matrix Our analysis is captured in the comparison matrix below. For example, the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland caused a primary loss of freight transportation capacity, but that loss also robbed many companies of supply capacity. Disruption comparison matrix?—?Source: Source: James B.