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Inventory is Everything with Jeff Flowers

The Logistics of Logistics

Jeff Flowers is the Chief Operating Officer of OneRail , a final mile delivery orchestration platform providing real-time visibility, actionable data, and data-driven optimization capabilities for its enterprise clients. OneRail provides 100% visibility into the delivery flow, but it’s way more than a visibility platform.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

David Ho, a climate scientist at the University of Hawaii, wasn’t buying it. We have been planning early and leveraging investments in our people, infrastructure, transportation and technology made possible by the Delivering for America plan. There is no such thing as a carbon-neutral product,” he says. It’s kind of silly.

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Cyber attacks on logistics networks are rapidly increasing

Resilinc

Last December’s Sunburst attack, in which hackers compromised SolarWinds Orion network management software and then used Orion updates to penetrate the networks of thousands of SolarWinds’ customers in the private and public sector, is an example. Trade News Weekly, published by Hawaii Foreign-Trade Zone No.

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Sustainable eCommerce: Examples of Environmentally Friendly Online Retail

Ware2Go

Even with increased demand for 1 to 2-day delivery , advancements in the logistics industry enable merchants to stock their inventory closer to their customers to lower time in transit and reduce next day air shipments (which emit nearly 6 times more carbon than ground shipments). The problem?

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Sustainable eCommerce: Five Brands Leading the Way

Ware2Go

Even with increased demand for 1 to 2-day delivery , advancements in the logistics industry enable merchants to stock their inventory closer to their customers to lower time in transit and reduce next day air shipments (which emit nearly 6 times more carbon than ground shipments). Final Mile: The Last Frontier in Sustainable eCommerce.

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Green Transportation May Well Depend on the Success of Deep-Sea Mining

Logistics Viewpoints

EVs are an important part of the transition to a green transportation system. To support this transition to green transportation, by 2050 the world’s demand for precious metals will rise 500 percent to an astounding three billion tons of graphite, lithium, copper, and cobalt. A total of 10.5 An estimated 21.1

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What Are General Rate Increases in Shipping & What Should Enterprises Know?

Intelligent Audit

GRIs most often rise in response to demand and supply within the supply chain. including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. The simple truth behind the implementation of GRI shipping hikes goes back to the basic premise behind supply and demand. FedEx Freight shipping rates will increase by an average of 4.9% and Canada.