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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day 2020

Enterra Insights

The Great Irish Famine devastated Ireland from 1845 to 1849. As a result, the population of Ireland dropped from 8 million people before the famine to 4.4 This figure represents around 25 times the number of people actually living in Ireland today. Today people in the U.S. million in 1911. Patrick’s Day. ”[6].

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This Week in Logistics News (May 1-5, 2017)

Talking Logistics

I’m still catching up from my week on the road, and getting ready to head out again next week to speak at the Manhattan Associates conference (I’ll be speaking on “A Brave New World: Transport to the Future”), so I’ll just share some of the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week without commentary.

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The Supply Chain Response to India’s Second Wave of Covid!

Supply Chain Game Changer

However,lack of coordination between state ,centre and healthcare sector topped with transportation issues resulted in this struggle to cope up with the sudden spike in demand for liquid oxygen. Australia too sent immediate support package of ventilators, oxygen tanks and PPE Kits. High capacity oxygen tankers were airlifted from UAE.

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How Sustainable Supply Chain Management Improves Ecommerce Stores

ShipBob

A typical ecommerce supply chain starts with sourcing raw materials to produce finished goods , which are then transported to a warehouse or fulfillment center before they end up with their end consumer. Once orders are placed, items are packaged using dunnage and other materials to keep items safe during transit.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 14-18, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Here are some details from the press release: Atlas is a market leader in EDI and B2B integration with over 2,200 customers in the UK and Ireland. Moving on to 3PL news, FedEx was indicted by the Justice Department for shipping packages from illegal online pharmacies despite being warned from U.S. drug enforcement officials.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

In logistics and supply chain management, however, transport and warehousing are the most significant sharing processes thanks to a welter of economic benefits for all parties—and the trend is accelerating despite the dampening effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why Businesses, Large and Small, Think it’s Fair to Share.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 10-14, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Amazon will start penalizing sellers who ship unsafe packages to its warehouses, like leaky chemicals and unmarked aerosols (CNBC). Economic misery, gridlocked ports, shortages of medicine and food, disrupted flights and a potential rekindling of violence in Northern Ireland are all very real threats. will crash out of the E.U.