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This Week in Logistics News (October 22 – 28)

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Apple calls on global supply chain to decarbonize by 2030. Sam’s Club finalizes chain-wide deployment of robotic inventory scanners. Amazon’s European operations have been at the forefront of the company’s sustainable transportation push. decline in the volume of packages. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22)

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David Ho, a climate scientist at the University of Hawaii, wasn’t buying it. The majority of positions are for in-store workers while others roles are for the company’s supply-chain facilities. Aside from cutting down trees to make the straws, it turned out that the straws were not recyclable, so there was just as much waste.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

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Supply chain disruptions continue to lead to product shortages around the world. The ongoing pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions, along with the Russia-Ukraine war, limited available supplies of cocoa, edible oil, and other food ingredients. Walmart is jumping on the bandwagon.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 10 – 16)

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However, the most surprising new addition, at least to me is supply chain (the chain of processes, businesses, etc. I was beyond shocked that supply chain had never been in the dictionary before. The cutoff dates apply to shipments moving within the lower 48 states and Alaska and Hawaii.

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Sustainable eCommerce: Examples of Environmentally Friendly Online Retail

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But no matter the transit mode, ecommerce returns and resale activity is estimated to create 10 billion unnecessary transportation trips each year. Packaging- especially plastics- are creating an environmental emergency of their own. Packaging- especially plastics- are creating an environmental emergency of their own.

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Sustainable eCommerce: Five Brands Leading the Way

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But no matter the transit mode, ecommerce returns and resale activity is estimated to create 10 billion unnecessary transportation trips each year. Small parcel deliveries also significantly increase packaging waste. And we haven’t even begun to talk about waste. Thousand Fell Shoes is closing the loop in the footwear industry.

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LTL Carrier Profile: UPS Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

Domestic Package, International Package, and Supply Chain and Freight. UPS is well known for it’s small package delivery business. Now, UPS has aggressively grown into freight and other transportation solutions through a series of strategic acquisitions. had $54.1B in sales in 2012. Virgin Islands and Guam.