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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

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Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said it was essential to prevent Tokyo, where the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant was spreading, from becoming the source of another wave of infections. Amazon plans to build delivery robot tech in Finland. As a result, the Olympics will take place without spectators. Descartes acquires GreenMile.

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COP26: 5Zs that changed the world

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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. Roughly half of .

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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

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Never before have we launched so many innovations for all parts of the value chain.”. Robotics and automation are key innovations for the future of supply chain.”. The logistics and automation business includes CIMCORP of Finland and AGVE of Sweden. 2021 was also the year of new technologies. According to Greg Conner, Sr.

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ABB’s Daniel Helmig: “We are moving to virtual centres of expertise”

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Its innovative technologies drive ships as well as electrical cars and e-buses. This engineering feat is typical of the innovation the company prides itself on: Integrating renewable energy into the electricity distribution systems.

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Automation Revolution on the High Seas

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Source: Rolls-Royce. From a Rolls-Royce Press Release : Speaking at the Symposium Oskar Levander, Rolls-Royce, Vice President of Innovation – Marine, said: “This is happening. It’s not if, it’s when. The technologies needed to make remote and autonomous ships a reality exist.

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Frictionless P2P: A Dream or Reality? 

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Author: Hubert Verweij , Head of Procurement Transformation, Capgemini Invent Sweden and Finland. Nowadays, Procurement practitioners primarily talk about emerging topics like the reduction of scope 3 emissions, supplier-enabled innovation and supply risk management. Previously published on Capgemini’s website.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

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The two new prototypes are both based on the Hummingbird, which Wing says can carry about 2 pounds and has made hundreds of thousands of deliveries in Dallas suburbs, Virginia, Australia, and Finland. To meet demand, 3PLs increasingly tapped the spot market to source carriers to cover shipments.