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This Week in Logistics News (April 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

It includes free shipping of online purchases, free grocery deliveries to the home for orders of at least $35, prescription discounts and other benefits. XPO Logistics launched a Ship Net-Zero program, giving shippers the option to purchase carbon credits to offset emissions from shipments. Walmart+ costs $98 per year, or $12.95

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Is More Innovation in Education Required?

Enterra Insights

Jordan Shapiro ( @jordosh ), a Senior Fellow for the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, concludes, “We need to educate a creative and innovative workforce for the information economy. ” The Washington Post , 21 July 2014. [4] ” Instead, he found an array of approaches with proven benefits.

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Healthcare Strategic Stockpile Management Remains a Big Challenge

NC State SCRC

i] This workshop included discussions around known gaps in the global medical supply chain, issues between the SNS and state and local governments for delivering needed assets, and concepts around SNS strategic communications. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2018.