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This Week in Logistics News (October 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

As the holiday season approaches there are many concerns about the global supply chain. This includes trucking capacity concerns, port congestion , and warehouse staff. The robots being used by Saks, known as cobots because they collaborate with human workers, stand roughly 4 feet tall and move about the warehouse on wheels.

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Sustainability is a Competitive Advantage with Justin Goldston

The Logistics of Logistics

Penn State is a top-ranked research university and Pennsylvania’s only land-grant institution founded with a mission of high-quality teaching, expert research, and global service. About Penn State University (PSU). Consumers are increasingly buying from companies that demonstrate sustainable business practices.

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The Supply Chain’s Groundhog Day Experience

Enterra Insights

The movie is about a cynical television weatherman named Phil Connors (played brilliantly by Bill Murray) who is assigned to cover the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. He explains, “Globalization failed because we stressed the supply chain too much. ”[3] The China Problem. It became too long.”[4]

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Digitization and the Future of Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

” People who live in Pennsylvania are familiar with anachronistic encounters with the Amish who still traverse busy streets riding in horse-drawn carriages. ” They are: “Lack of coordination across global locations, acquisitions, external partners and customers or consumers.”

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FOCUS 2015: On Track for Innovation

BlueYonder

Offering a distributor’s perspective, Rich Fitzgerald of Avnet will discuss how his company is using software-defined strategies and solutions — such as predictive analytics — to serve global clients in a volatile, configure-to-order business model. The Warehouse of Tomorrow. I am looking forward to an engaging, stimulating discussion.

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Greg Javor: “Our mission is to inspire and nurture the human spirit”

Supply Chain Movement

After four years in global logistics he was posted to Amsterdam in 2012 as senior vice president, Supply Chain Operations, EMEA. My first job was a warehouse supervisor trainee for a public warehouse (nowadays a 3PL), in Baltimore, Maryland. For example, we had a regional distribution facility in Reading Pennsylvania.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 29 – May 3, 2019)

Talking Logistics

req’d) Amazon dismisses idea automation will eliminate all its warehouse jobs soon (Reuters). req’d) Amazon dismisses idea automation will eliminate all its warehouse jobs soon (Reuters). Billion, Up 15% AI Yields Benefits for Rail Operators (WSJ – sub. Billion, Up 15% AI Yields Benefits for Rail Operators (WSJ – sub.