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MODEX 2024: Supply Chain Lessons from the Frontlines

QAD

MODEX 2024, one of the largest supply chain trade shows in the USA, held at the sprawling Georgia World Congress Center, brought together supply chain professionals from around the world to explore the latest trends and innovations shaping the industry.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

“We are in discussion with the City Council to create the Department of Sustainable Delivery ,” Adams said. Deployment of the electric delivery trucks will start in Georgia and then expand to other parts of the country. and Israeli startups focused on logistics, the supply chain and customer fulfillment.

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Annual “Doing Good with OM and OR” Workshop focused on making an impact on society

NC State SCRC

Second, Karen spoke on work that compares two common approaches (NGO vs. buyer intervention) for motivating more sustainable practices from smallholder palm oil farmers in Indonesia. First, Andre Calmon (Georgia Tech) introduced the Classroom to Startup to Research Pipeline. ER doctors) decisions to undertake discretionary tasks (i.e.,

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Supply Chains and the Circular Economy, Part 1

Enterra Insights

Georgia Wilson, a supply chain journalist, notes, “A circular economy is an economic model that encourages continuous reuse of materials to minimize waste, as well as driving demand for natural resource consumption.”[3] 3] Georgia Wilson, “ Circular economy: the future of supply chain ,” Supply Chain Digital, 27 February 2020. [4]

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What’s Next for The Freight Market with Chris Pickett

The Logistics of Logistics

in Logistics from MIT, and an MBA from Georgia Tech. About Flock Freight Founded in 2015, Flock Freight is a technology company reinventing the supply chain through smarter, more sustainable shipping solutions. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech, an M.Eng.

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Lot Traceability in the Fashion Industry

Logility

Under the umbrella of Sustainability, key players in the global fashion industry were talking about implementing lot traceability technologies, but in general the timelines were somewhat “comfortable.” At that point, “Sustainable” was largely a marketing term, and many fashion brands were using it haphazardly and irresponsibly.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

or ARC, based in Georgia, which contracts with brand owners to receive their returns and, when possible, to repair or refurbish them so that they can be sold by others. This spring, I met with Paul Adamson, the company’s chief revenue officer, at ARC’s facility in Union Point, Georgia. Some companies do more.