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Greener Shopping and Shipping: The Rise of Carbon Neutral e-Commerce Delivery

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

There is a long way to go, particularly for brands whose products are shipped thousands of miles to reach overseas customers, requiring air freight transportation to keep within acceptable delivery times. Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is slowly coming to market which will make air freight less environmentally damaging.

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Digitization in the Making – A reflection post-pandemic frenzy!

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Imbalances in ocean transport, port congestion and equipment shortages, with surging freight rates became the new normal. An attendee poll taken at a conference of The European Freight and Logistics Forum hints at some cultural challenges. Lack of understanding and fear of innovation are linked. Human Factors 1995;37(1):32–64.

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Digitisation: Shifting Gears in 2021

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

They immediately knew where they needed to take action, such as rerouting freight or adding new cross-docking facilities. An attendee poll at a recent conference of The European Freight and Logistics Forum hints at some cultural challenges. Wolfgang Lehmacher is Operating Partner, Industrial Innovation Partners, Anchor Group.

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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. Roughly half of .

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Staying Ahead of Supply Chain Paradigms – LogiSYM September 2020

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Benefiting from or even driving this evolution requires supply chain leadership with a digital vision, a tech-driven innovative culture and talent that is at ease with digital solutions and their supporting technologies. Only the true innovators, like Alibaba, Apple, and Tesla were able to drive new consumer paradigms.

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How Blockchain Could Create the 'Autonomous Container'

Supply Chain Brain

The technology features chips that monitor temperature and humidity within a 500-meter range of an air-freight container. Now, Smart Containers is combining the IoT with an even more recent innovation in information technology: the blockchain. He also sees a future for blockchain-based monitoring outside the world of air freight.

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The decrease of air freight, an opportunity for commercial airlines?

KEPLER Consulting

Air freight : situation and players. It is a bad time for air freight. Indeed, close to 70% of world air freight (in TKM) is transported in cargo decks of commercial aircrafts. Moreover, the top 10 freight carriers are occupied by 7 commercial airlines against 3 cargo specialists only.

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