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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Last night, I took my 13-year-old son to see the movie Air, which tells the story of how Nike pursued basketball rookie Michael Jordan in 1984 to sign with the company. That move, and Michael Jordan’s incredible talent and business acumen, has turned the Jordan brand into a multi-billion-dollar business.

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Industrial IoT: Supporters and Skeptics

Enterra Insights

Jordan Appleson ( @jordanisonfire ), CEO at Hark, explains, “A subset of IoT is the Industrial Internet of Things which refers to creating interconnections between industrial equipment, facilities, personnel and processes. .”[1] ”[4] There are numerous reasons manufacturers should consider implementing IIoT systems.

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Customer Segmentation Remains Relevant and Necessary

Enterra Insights

Today you hear a lot about personalization in marketing and customization in manufacturing. After all, customer segmentation can be traced back to the earliest eras of marketing and manufacturing when people intuitively understood that, for the most part, men and women were looking to buy different goods. ” Footnotes. [1]

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Supply chain & logistics webinar

Proxima

At our recent webinar, held with Supply Chain and Logistics consultancy Hatmill, Proxima’s Simon Geale welcomed Joe Metcalf, Johnathan Foster, Neil Jordan, and Simon Dixon to discuss their advice on the tools needed now to achieve supply chain and logistics success across: warehousing, automation, freight, and reverse logistics.

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10 Must-Watch Negotiation Movies: Master the Art of Persuasion with These Gripping Films

SCMDOJO

So, grab some popcorn and get ready to explore these cinematic treasures, as each one aims to shed light on various aspects of negotiation by showcasing individuals who best represent the best talents and strategies. Successful negotiators must be adaptable and able to change their strategy as necessary to get favorable results.

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

As outlined in an article in The Maritime Executive , it: … dramatically reduced the cost of loading and unloading a ship. per ton; the standardized container cut that cost to just 16 cents a ton … The U.S. In 1956, manually loading a ship cost $5.86 billion metric tons as of 2017.

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Three Ways Government Can Champion IoT-Wired Supply Chains

TMC

based companies that are impacting cutting-edge innovations, operate under a tax code designed for manufacturing in the 1980s. Governments should enforce strict penalties for cargo theft, and give law enforcement units the resources they need to combat cargo criminals. This post is credited to Jordan Kass.