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This Week in Logistics News (February 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

Coke announces industry-leading target for reusable packaging. Design: make all primary consumer packaging recyclable by 2025 and use 50 percent recycled material in our packaging by 2030. The ongoing freight backups at maritime ports is disrupting global supply chains. Well, the avian flu looks like it is back.

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Bleak Peak 2022 Leaves Shippers Feeling Less than Thankful

Intelligent Audit

As Niall van de Wouw, Chief Air Freight Officer at Xeneta, told Supply Chain Dive, “We are six weeks away from Christmas, and there is no indication there will be a peak.”. for First Class Package Service (applies to parcels weighing less than 1 pound) 6.6% Tough Times for Turkeys Cause Thanksgiving Price Hike. Roughly 2.5%

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

USPS slowing first-class package delivery to lower costs. The United States Postal Service will slow delivery times for a third of its first-class packages in an effort to cut costs and its dependency on air transportation amid financial struggles. Apple, others face shipment delays as China Covid curbs squeeze suppliers.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

Satirist Funk Turkey used lyrics.rip to scrape the Genius Lyrics Database and made a Markov Chain write Metallica lyrics. Together [with IKEA] we can enhance safety, improve working conditions for drivers, and create a more sustainable freight transportation system.”. He then wrote the music, recorded, and mixed it in his house.

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People and Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

This has implications for raw materials, ingredients, primary packaging, intermediate goods as well as end-product goods flows. De-Carbonising Road Freight Operations: Bridging the Know-Do Gap. This new standard has three modules: transportation, warehousing, and retailing. MORE FROM THIS EDITION. People and Halal Supply Chains.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

10 questions about Freight Spend Management. There are numerous ways a shipper can reduce freight spend. And freight costs are continuing to rise, pushed upward by factors such as globalized distribution and unpredictable fuel prices. This is an important aspect of managing freight spend. Switzerland. Tajikistan.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 3.4-3.8

Freight Plus

The study looked at freight from July – November where the value of lost exports topped $17 billion, according to Sergi Lanau, the IIF’s deputy chief economist. Lucky turkey thankful after carve up with trucker’s windshield. Meanwhile - in this week's, "Where's my freight?!". Just looking at November, exports were down $4.1