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Building a Global Logistics Juggernaut with Nourhan Beyrouti

The Logistics of Logistics

Raised in Brooklyn, New York, and currently residing in Dallas, Texas, Beyrouti’s career has taken him through 17 countries, enriching him with diverse international experience. After completing his MBA in Business Management from the Lebanese American University, Beyrouti embarked on his career journey in 2000.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

As 2022 got under way, the New York Fed’s Global Supply Chain Pressure Index showed the shipping snarls that had beset the economy were getting untangled. Truck transportation jobs continued a slow recovery from the depths of the freight recession and the job losses created when Yellow Corp. went out of business in 2023.

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Warehousing News Roundup: April 8, 2019

Stord

Rail freight volumes continued to fall at the end of March alongside service outages due to flooding in the Midwest. Amazon is using a smaller distribution center for fulfillment in New York City , and other companies are following its lead. Delta reported a dip in air cargo freight last month compared to March of 2018.

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The Future of Logistics with Courtney Muller

The Logistics of Logistics

To learn more about the future of logistics, tune as they give a preview of the topics for their upcoming Manifest conference happening in 2023 like sustainability, connecting the ecosystem, machine learning, and intelligent infrastructure. When it started, it was a lot of discussion about over the road trucking and freight brokerage.

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How Freight Disrupted Itself: The View From Within A Changing Industry

Freightos

How Freight Disrupted Itself. In the last year, a new dynamic has begun to reshape the freight industry. Phil knows his (freight) stuff. In his PhD thesis he developed a product to secure ocean freight rates with financial derivatives. Declining Freight Rates. Suddenly the freight industry is not so opaque.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

Sustainability continues to be top of mind for companies. Three former SpaceX engineers have founded Parallel Systems , a firm specializing in autonomous battery-powered electric rail vehicles for shipping and freight. In celebration of this new partnership, Grubhub is offering customers 50 percent off orders $15 or more.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Click the links below to compare this year's innovations to those from previous years: Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017 : exoskeletons, autonomous forklifts, flying warehouses, last-mile delivery, and more. Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2016 : robot pickers, bridge-inspecting drones, autonomous freight shuttles, and more.