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This Week in Logistics News (September 5-9, 2016)

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The kids are back at school, we have air conditioning again, and North Korea tested a nuclear bomb yesterday. “If Moving on to software news, Oracle announced that it is acquiring LogFire, a provider of cloud-based warehouse management applications. Source: https://www.oracle.com/us/assets/logfire-general-presentation-3211400.pdf.

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Sorry, I’m Not Sure: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2018

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Source: Evan, Flikr. “I SophiaTX Open Source Platform to Integrate SAP, Blockchain. North Korea : The more missiles North Korea launches and tests, the greater the risk for military conflict — or worse. UPS Joins Top Alliance To Create Blockchain Standards For Logistics.

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I Will Be Wrong Again: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2017

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The answers to those questions and more could significantly impact supply chain strategies, everything from sourcing decisions to network design, which is why my prediction from two years ago — that more companies will start treating Supply Chain Design as a continuous business process — is now a critical necessity.