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My Logistics Experiences with Amazon and AAA

Talking Logistics

Here are two examples that I experienced last week, courtesy of Amazon and AAA. As I wrote at the time: One of the biggest opportunities to reduce transportation costs and carbon emissions is to reduce the number of trucks required to ship products by developing smarter packaging and product designs. Amazon: Two Extremes of Packaging.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 30 – February 3, 2017)

Talking Logistics

billion to build a large air cargo hub in northern Kentucky. Here is one example described in the patent: In an illustrative example according to one embodiment, a robotic arm is positioned within reach of a tray. One of the biggest bright spots, however, was its Managed Services segment where net revenues increased 32.7

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

In his 2017 annual shareholder letter , Bezos lauded “divinely discontent” customers as innovation drivers. These examples are from retail, but I sense that the same customer empowerment phenomenon is happening broadly across everything we do at Amazon and most other industries as well. You cannot rest on your laurels in this world.

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Talent is the Future of Supply Chain Management

MIT Supply Chain

You would think that issues like cost reductions, customer service levels and fuel prices would top the list of things that keeps distribution, transportation and supply chain managers up at night. After all, those are the items by which we are most often measured when bonuses are handed out.

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50 expert tips on supply chain management

6 River Systems

As global supply chains start the long process of recovery, supply chain management is in the spotlight, and new best practices and innovative strategies are emerging as supply chain leaders aim to reduce risk in an uncertain future. For example: Does it have a strong track record for meeting contractual obligations?