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The MetroSpeedy Story with Nancy Korayim

The Logistics of Logistics

She has leveraged her sales and operational skills to drive the company’s vision, strategy and growth while focusing on providing sustainable and efficient last mile solutions. This along with a combination of other transportation methods allow them to navigate the dense metropolitan streets and offer their rapid fulfillment services.

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How Locally Grown Products are Disrupting F&B Manufacturing

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Better for the environment due to reduced transportation costs and distances. Sustainability is another increasing concern, and procuring food products from local farms, growers, merchants and manufacturers encourages sustainability programs and environmental protection. This also jeopardizes the integrity of the product. .

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This Week in Logistics News (June 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

When the company can no longer reuse an item, it will find a sustainable way to the dispose of them. Their job is to transport containers to and from locations in the yards, backing the 50-foot trailer into a parking spot with as little as a foot of space on either side. The US trade deficit narrowed in April to $68.9

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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 3, 2019)

Talking Logistics

Over the past few years, freight brokerage has been a hot segment of the transportation market. Freight brokerage has been powered by phone calls and emails for a long time, but it’s not a sustainable model any more. Earlier this week, I wrote about the network effect in transportation management.

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Podcast: VC Brian Aoaeh on the Future of Supply Chain Investment

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It was done by an academic whose life has been devoted to solving these sorts of problems, and he’s done it for transportation, he’s done it for the navy, he’s done it in spare parts, and almost every industry you can think of. How do you see the importance of sustainability in supply chain?

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

One push for a more sustainable supply chain has been the sale of refurbished goods over the last few years. These vehicles account for a large share of transportation-related emissions, but have not received as much regulatory attention as passenger cars. Walmart is jumping on the bandwagon.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

One Connecticut restaurant is taking a unique approach to combatting the labor shortage: robot servers. McDonald’s pledges to offer more sustainable Happy Meal toys. This is adding expenses for new truck routes and additional third-party transportation companies. Ford, Redwood form circular supply chain for EV battery materials.