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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Evans Chebet of Kenya won the men’s division with a time of 2:05:54, for an average pace of 4.8 Helen Obiri of Kenya won the women’s division with a time of 2:21:38. With increased emphasis on sustainability, I am often asked about sustainability “levers” that can be pulled in warehousing and fulfillment.

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The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The Green Corridor: Resilience from Diversification by Timothy Foote, Founder of Susymbio Access to Sustainable Power is the Challenge of Our Time, but when clean power sources are diversified it promises more stability for our future. The past century has been plagued with conflicts fueled by the want or need of fossil fuels.

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The Need For Supply Chain Innovation: Why You Should Watch These Four Trends ?

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

For instance, Maersk and CMA CGM are building end-to-end logistics capability chains, while over USD 6bn was invested by VC investors in freight marketplaces alone through 2019. In this process, sustainable chains will become both a regulatory imperative and good business practice. Power Your Business Sustainably Through Solar Energy.

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The Rise of China-Africa Trade: Why Transportation and Logistics Should be Front and Center

BlueYonder

The trade imbalance this causes is an interesting case study for the economists no doubt, but what about the transportation and logistics that will be needed to sustain this trade over the coming years? Any impartial observer will agree that the logistics infrastructure needed to capitalize on this increased trade does not exist.

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In the crosshairs: Real-time logistics visibility

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Freight monitoring accounted for more than half of the USD 116bn spent on transportation digitization in 2019, and the segment remained one of the top-5 use cases in 2020, according to IDC. Green Corridor: Pace and Resolve Needed to Help Reach Sustainability Goals. Beyond that there had been limited disruptive innovation.

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Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration

Supply Chain Movement

In a world with an increasing number of political disturbances and mounting pressure to create sustainability, companies in a global market have to design their logistics strategy to meet demand in a cost efficient, optimal way: Plan. Holy See (Vatican City State). Iran, Islamic Republic of. Isle of Man. Kazakhstan. Korea, Republic of.