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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

Micro-Warehouse Provider Pivots as Retail Consumer Market Shifts. In 2017, Flytrex successfully launched the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland, and we covered that initiative in these pages on June 15, 2018. And now to this week’s logistics news…. Philly Cheesesteak Delivered by Drone?

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This Week in Logistics News (September 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

The latest capability for merchants shows that the e-commerce giant is trying to control more inventory deeper in the supply chain before it’s sold. mile route from a small warehouse to a Walmart retail store in Bentonville, Arkansas. As part of its preparation, it offers most sellers higher estimated capacity limits for October.

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Supply Chain Agenda of Hildur Gylfadóttir, Supply Chain Manager at Össur

Supply Chain Movement

While R&D remains in Iceland it has operational centers in the Americas, Europe, Asia and it employs around 2,300 people across 18 locations. Hildur Gylfadóttir is Supply Chain Manager, Logistics, based in Iceland with the task of improving efficiencies and helping to drive the successful commercialisation of innovations. “I

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Reflective Thinking: Complexity

Logility

The Network: Suppliers, distribution centers, warehouses, and all the points in between can begin to look like the route maps of some of today’s mega-combined airlines. Webcast: Inventory Management: Balancing Fast and Slow-Moving Products. You must then understand where your complexity comes from.

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Supply Chain Resilience Core Capacities

MIT Supply Chain

For example, the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland caused a primary loss of freight transportation capacity, but that loss also robbed many companies of supply capacity. Often, backup inventory and garden-variety expediting measures can ensure that the supply chain maintains continuity. a few days, for example?—?is

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3 Ways to Get the Supply Chain Ready for Disaster

RFgen

With Houston largely unavailable from a commerce perspective, businesses can no longer rely on their supply, transport and warehouse networks in the area. Imagine you are working at a warehouse when a tornado strikes near a partner facility the next state over. Establish Remote Management.

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3 Ways to Get the Supply Chain Ready for Disaster

RFgen

With Houston largely unavailable from a commerce perspective, businesses can no longer rely on their supply, transport and warehouse networks in the area. Imagine you are working at a warehouse when a tornado strikes near a partner facility the next state over. Establish Remote Management.