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This Week in Logistics News (May 21 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

Dick’s Sporting Goods Beats Forecast in Q1 But Cautions on Inflation, Supply Chain. Walmart and Symbotic announced an agreement to implement Symbotic’s robotics and software automation platform in all 42 of Walmart’s regional distribution centers over the coming years. What a view. Someday I will actually step foot on that beach.

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Why Does Europe Need the World’s Biggest Bitcoin Conference?

Supply Chain Game Changer

PWC forecasts that the value of blockchain solutions may grow to USD 170 billion by 2025, with an additional USD 3.1 Cryptocurrencies are just one aspect of blockchain possibilities growing exponentially within financial technology (fintech) and other industries such as supply chain management, real estate, digital media, etc.

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How Shoppers and Retailers Can Reduce Waste This Thanksgiving

Elementum

Landfills emit 20 percent of the world’s methane , and in the US discarded food takes up a lot of landfill real estate. On the supply chain side, improved forecasting of demand can help retailers modify their orders for particular items and avoid overstocking. UK-based Tesco implements a “buy one get one later” program.

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The Nature Positive Supply Chain!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The risk of extended Supply Chain disruption due to impacts to nature is significantly impacted in these industries: chemicals and materials; aviation, travel and tourism; real estate; mining and metals; supply chain and transport; and retail, consumer goods and lifestyle. Think about plastics in the Ocean for instance.

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Start-Up Chile Helps Kick-Start Anderson Entrepreneurs - UCLA.

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate. UCLA Anderson Forecast. Noah Ornstein (JD/MBA 12) participated while still enrolled at Anderson and launched El Teatro, a theatrical film distribution company. Quarterly Forecast Predicts Uneven Growth for Economy, Commercial Real Estate. January 2014. December 2013.

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How Growing Consumer Demand is Reshaping Logistics

Elementum

Another eMarketer report forecasts that annual U.S. Despite these positive forecasts, risks and complexities have emerged for logistics companies as they try to balance service and cost. by 2020 The growing demand from customers is pushing greater demand for distribution centers close to densely-populated areas.

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The State of Supply Chain Management: An Interview with CSCMP’s Rick Blasgen, Part II

BlueYonder

Blasgen: When you say segmentation, I think of multi-channel distribution—the idea of order anywhere and fulfill from anywhere. And what happens to the real estate? What does that mean for all of the real estate out there and the fact those locations are not going to be traditional “cash and carry” stores any longer?