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This Week in Logistics News (May 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

We are seeing it now in terms of truck drivers and warehouse workers, and Walmart is an example of a company that has been trying to get ahead of these shortages by offering higher wages and on-the-job perks. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Uber Eats pilots autonomous delivery with Serve Robotics, Motional.

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The Need For Supply Chain Innovation: Why You Should Watch These Four Trends ?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Need For Supply Chain Innovation: Why You Should Watch These Four Trends ? China trade tensions, Covid-19 measures and the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Transport markets tend towards consolation, which we have observed with the container liners and the emergence of new business models brought about for example by platform aggregators.

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14 Logistics Trends for 2023: A Brave New World – Part II

American Global Logistics

That’s not the only guiding principle for transitioning to a new era in logistics trends. 7 Logistics Trend: Economics & Global Trade: The rising significance of external factors Last year, strategic geo-political and economic issues weighed heavily on supply chains. One example is Europe’s increased reliance on the U.S.

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China Flexes Its Global Logistics Muscle

Material Handling & Logistics

China aims to extend its logistics reach from the Pacific to the Atlantic through its One Belt, One Road initiative. The sheer size of the country’s “One Belt, One Road” logistics initiative, for instance, calls into question the true objective of the regional infrastructure plan. For example, China is Malaysia’s top trading partner.

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Oil & Gas Companies Focus on Eliminating Supply Chain Waste

Talking Logistics

For the past few years I’ve been using that phrase, which you typically find in investment literature, when making the case for innovation in supply chain management. trailed both Saudi Arabia and Russia in oil production, and it trailed Russia in natural gas production. As the table below shows, back in 2008, the U.S.

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5 Disruptions Shaping the Digital Transformation in Distribution and Logistics

BlueYonder

Manufacturing and retail transformations, technology disruptions and digitalization of data have redefined the roles of distributors and third party logistics (3PLs). Below are 5 disruptions shaping the digital transformation in distribution and logistics. Digital Transformations in the Manufacturing and Retail Industries.

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How can we build better cities?

DELMIA Quintiq

For example, they should be designed to preserve water and be more energy efficient. In the weeks heading into the Winter Olympics, Sochi, Russia was known less for hosting the Winter Games and more for the city’s lack of proper roads, sewage systems and working hotels. They must also be constructed with the environment in mind.