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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 (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

I read earlier this week that Hershey said it would fall short of meeting demand for the Halloween and Christmas holiday seasons this year, blaming a scarcity of raw ingredients and difficulties in securing suppliers. The company is relying on price increases to boost growth.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

by which a commodity is produced and distributed: the companies, materials, and systems involved in manufacturing and delivering goods). Mechatronics has been building technology to move and stack heavy pallets and totes, and robotics used to package products for customer orders. US shippers using FedEx Corp.’s

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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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This Week in Logistics News (October 22 – 28)

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Earlier this week, Amazon and Hawaiian Airlines announced that the retail giant will use Hawaiian Airlines to fly its first Airbus freighters on primary cargo routes and to Hawaii beginning in the second half of 2023. Amazon’s European operations have been at the forefront of the company’s sustainable transportation push.

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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 reach carbon neutrality by 2050 a transition to green transportation is necessary. To stay below a 2-degree Celsius rise, the green transportation transition will be mineral intensive. A total of 10.5 An estimated 21.1

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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). And we haven’t even begun to talk about waste. The problem?