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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon plans to build delivery robot tech in Finland. Amazon has announced that it plans to develop new technology for its autonomous delivery vehicles in Helsinki, Finland. Venues outside the greater Tokyo metropolitan area would allow small numbers of spectators, and the policy for the Paralympics will be decided next month.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

15 countries, Austria, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and Wales declared that they will collaborate towards realizing 100 percent zero emission new trucks and bus sales by 2040. EGO – the enemy of outstanding leadership.

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RELEX Retail & Supply Chain Award 2019: Best Master’s Thesis, Europe

RELEX Solutions

2018 Daniel Schmidt, Kühne Logistics University, Kühne, Germany Serialization in the pharmaceutical industry and the value beyond compliance Read more about the winners of the 2018 award. Previous winners. 2016 Aleksandra Koro?

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New download: SCM Map Europe 2014-2015

Supply Chain Movement

Opel will cease car production in Bochum, Germany, at the end of this year, and the threat of closure looms for the Peugeot-Citroën factory in the French city of Rennes too. “We In Belgium, the Ford factory in Genk will soon close for good, as will the Heinz manufacturing facility in Turnhout. Shifting south and east.

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3 Uses of IoT Tech Spurring Sustainability in Supply Chains

GlobalTranz

Additionally, the use of remote-piloted drones may allow for more direct, manufacturer-to-consumer deliveries, eliminating the need to shuffle product around multiple times to various warehouses and distribution centers. billion tons of oil in 2011, worth approximately $743 billion.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

France, India, Germany, Mexico and Spain. With 24×7 availability, Fulfilled by Sears (FBS) is an order fulfillment service from Sears that manages warehousing, pick/packing and shipping of customer orders for your business. is an e-commerce site based in Germany. With over 2.2 Bonanza sells in Canada, U.K.,

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

According to the figures by Armstrong & Associates for 2012 to 2013, global 3PL revenues rose only modestly (by 2.7%), while the growth rate in Germany was just 0.87% and a meagre 0.01% in Europe as a whole. Globally, warehousing is outsourced by 67%. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands.