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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

The Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, which launched in April 2022, is still intent on finding and investing in startups that can help the e-commerce giant deliver goods faster, while improving the experience of customers as well as the employees who work in its warehouses and logistics departments. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the past weeks, ocean freight rates have risen as much as $10,000 per 40-foot container, as container ships seeking to avoid the attacks embarked on long detours around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, diverting more than $200 billion of cargo away from the critical trade artery. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Download now: 3PL Subway Map Europe 2016

Supply Chain Movement

they want logistics service providers to offer full service on a global scale and are demanding more technological innovation. When asked where their LSPs fall short most often, customers responded with ‘innovation’. Manufacturers and retailers welcome the ongoing consolidation in the fragmented logistics industry. United States.

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Strategic moves among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

they want logistics service providers to offer full service on a global scale and are demanding more technological innovation. When asked where their LSPs fall short most often, customers responded with ‘innovation’. Manufacturers and retailers welcome the ongoing consolidation in the fragmented logistics industry. United States.

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Your Supply Chain to Increase Efficiency and Sustainability

ThroughPut

Fortunately, there has never been a better time to start collecting thanks to recent innovations that make data more accessible than ever. Storage and shipping costs can quickly cut into profit margins. Everything that is good and bad about the supply chain — from an economic and environmental standpoint — is represented in the data.

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Your Supply Chain to Increase Efficiency and Sustainability

ThroughPut

Fortunately, there has never been a better time to start collecting thanks to recent innovations that make data more accessible than ever. Storage and shipping costs can quickly cut into profit margins. Everything that is good and bad about the supply chain — from an economic and environmental standpoint — is represented in the data.