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Top Solutions for Supply Chain Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Customers use their modular, SaaS solutions to route, schedule, track, and measure delivery resources; plan, allocate and execute shipments; rate, audit, and pay transportation invoices; access global trade data; file customs and security documents for imports and exports; and complete numerous other logistics processes. Infor Nexus.

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Don’t Get Caught Off-Guard: Preparing for July 2016 SOLAS Shipper Mandates

Talking Logistics

Shippers are required to communicate verified weights in a shipping document. The primary challenge is figuring out how to locate and gather the right data, and then delivering it along with existing order documentation. Others have already started planning for the move. This creates more challenges moving forward.

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Billionaire Egotism Trumps Sustainability: Space Tourism Bragging Rights

Logistics Viewpoints

I could not find any documentation on the carbon emissions associated with Virgin Galactic or Blue Origin flights. An economy-class flight from New York City to London emits the equivalent to 11% of an individual’s average annual carbon emissions. We do not yet know who bought that seat.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Content Summary: Personal Mover Transports Employees around BMW Plant. To eliminate some of this traveling BMW’s R&D group developed a Personal Mover solution—a one-person means of transport for covering short distances within an operating site. Moving around a large factory can be exhausting. Several major U.S.

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Seasoned Leadership in Actionâ„¢! An Interview with Michael Massetti, VP at Gartner!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I was born in New York City and grew up on Long Island. The first huge project I was part of at Dell was our transformation from paper documents in the computer boxes for businesses to what we called E-Docs for electronic documentation. I’m the oldest of 3 children. Our customers did not need hundreds of copies.

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Coffee Shipping 101: Costs, Challenges, & How-to Ship

ShipBob

The use of packaging materials and the carbon footprint of transportation contributes to environmental concerns. Additionally, by distributing your inventory across multiple fulfillment centers, you minimize the need for air transportation, which produces more carbon emissions than ground transportation. via Priority Mail.