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Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends Feature Article by Laurent Sik , Head of Operations, CEVA FVL APAC Automobiles, as a form of transportation, are indispensable in today’s world and will remain a crucial part of our lives for a long time to come.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

FreshDirect has a reputation for innovative technology deployment, and recently initiated an advanced microfulfillment center automation project with Fabric to support customers in the Washington DC area. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines must be transported at temperatures well below 0 Celsius.

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Saving the Smart City Future

Enterra Insights

Today, for the first time in history, more than half the planet’s population resides in cities, which are fast becoming innovation hubs and are developing quickly into smart cities. The other five systems are: business; transport; communication; water; and energy. ”[1] What happened to that enthusiasm?

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech July 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

A press release from the State of Kansas indicated in-part that Panasonic selected the Kansas location due to its business-friendly climate, available talent pool and manufacturing skillsets and its strong transportation infrastructure and central U.S. Other battery manufacturers that have elected to invest in U.S.

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Smart Supply Chains Adapt to Overcome COVID-19 Challenges

Logistics Bureau

Almost 75 percent of US companies are experiencing capacity shortfalls in their supply chains, due to Coronavirus-linked transport disruptions , a new study has shown. Examples are: Samsung Electronics , which is shifting part of its domestic phone production to Vietnam due to the rapid advance of COVID-19 in South Korea.

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Should the Supply Chain Profession Adopt Ethical Automation?

MIT Supply Chain

At the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’s 2021 Crossroads conference, Acemo?lu Is there a better approach that is acceptable to industries including supply chain that see innovations such as AI as essential to their future competitiveness? lu explained how automation is a root cause of wealth inequality.

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Smart Cities and the Covid-19 Pandemic

Enterra Insights

Cities have historically been catalysts of growth, innovation, and efficiency. Combs ( @vmcombs ) reports Singapore and South Korea, two countries praised for their coronavirus response, relied heavily on contact tracing. Public transportation officials are going to have to figure out a way to make people safe again.