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The Journey to End-to-End (E2E) Supply Chain Visibility Is Ongoing

Logistics Viewpoints

This is the portion of E2E that is most commonly referred to as “real-time transportation visibility”. Trane ’s Tom France, Vice President, Global Distribution, Logistics and Transportation, recently stressed the need for E2E insight: “Extend visibility as much as you can throughout your supply chain.

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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

This growth was primarily attributed to the long-term project business, and regionally to North America and western Europe. Murata Machinery provides a range of warehouse automation systems including traditional AS/RS, shuttle systems, conveyors and sortation, warehouse transporters (AGVs) and more.

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Companies Are Taking Unstructured Approach to Corruption

Material Handling & Logistics

Study highlights include: North American and European companies are leading the world in business ethics with scores above 45, indicating they are the most proactive and structured when dealing with business ethics issues. Whistleblowing is the most common best practice, followed by anti-corruption training and audits of internal controls.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

TomTom launches toll reporting to help transport companies manage costs. This follows the company’s acquisition of 3PD this past July, another provider of heavy goods, last-mile logistics in North America. The functionality accounts for all applicable national tolls in France, Germany, Austria and Slovakia.

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Reshoring to the US and Europe Accelerating, Now Also Serving CO2 Emission Reduction Objectives

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

It is not only nearshoring locations like Mexico, Central and Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia who benefit from this change, but also on-shoring locations in major markets like Germany, the UK, France and the US themselves are getting more and more new production plants.

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Global Manufacturing Activity Levels Stabilize in February

Supply Chain Matters

In contrast, performance levels related to North America , Europe and South America were noted as remaining weak, on average, compared to Asia. Countries experiencing sequential monthly lows were noted as France, Austria and Germany , the latter recording a 46.3 United States Two indices of U.S.

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Coronavirus Highlights Fragility of Global Supply Networks

Jaggaer

Eight people tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, while five British nationals tested positive in France following the businessman’s trip to a French ski resort, and an NHS clinic he attended had to be temporarily closed. A businessman, who caught the virus at a conference in Singapore, was linked to several other cases.