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This Week in Logistics News (October 24-28, 2016)

Talking Logistics

XPO Logistics Divests North American Truckload Operation to Transforce. UPS Forecasts Record-Breaking Holiday Shipments. Robinson Reports Third Quarter Results. Ryder Reports Third Quarter 2016 Results. Nulogy Unveils New Product Launch Platform Nulogy GO. Wal-Mart focuses on online order pickup in stores, lower prices.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 27-31, 2014)

Talking Logistics

DHL launches North Asian multimodal service linking Japan to Europe. Reports 2014 Third-quarter Results. UPS Ready for 2014 Peak Season, Forecasting Record Holiday Deliveries. Amazon Opens 3 Logistics Centers in Poland (ABC News). Con-way Inc. FedEx Freight Reports Teamsters Withdraw Petition at North Harrisburg Facility.

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

Technavio, Last Mile Delivery Market in North America by Service and Geography – Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025, Jan 2021. – Third-Party Logistics Study, 2022, NTT Data. Japan, France and China. – Micro-fulfillment market, Logistics IQ, 2020. But things have drastically changed today.

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Will Trucking Challenges Transform JITS in North America?

QAD

Automotive manufacturers in Japan and Korea never had the surplus land to build huge warehouses, which may have been the original reason for the JITS philosophy. Competing rail transportation in Europe, Japan and Korea, is also fairly entrenched, sometimes providing the coverage of the last mile. But why just in North America?

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I Will Be Wrong Again: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2017

Talking Logistics

“If you have a tsunami and part of your supply chain is knocked out, as happened a few years ago, you have better info about where parts are,” he said, referring to the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. The Fed has also expects to make three rate hikes in 2017 instead of two under its prior forecast.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

However, Technavio’s analysts now forecast the 3PL market in Europe to grow at a CAGR of 2.87% over the period 2014-2019. In the 19th Annual Third Party Logistics Study published earlier this year, the survey results show the continuing, positive overall nature of shipper-3PL relationships. Holy See (Vatican City State).