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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Evans Chebet of Kenya won the men’s division with a time of 2:05:54, for an average pace of 4.8 Helen Obiri of Kenya won the women’s division with a time of 2:21:38. But I believe that more efficient packaging is the area with the greatest potential to improve sustainability metrics within the warehouse.

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In the crosshairs: Real-time logistics visibility

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Much attention (and financing) has been directed over the past years to the expansion of supply chain visibility, mainly “real-time visibility platforms” and to “sensor-based visibility solutions“. Real time) visibility platforms: Challengers that start primarily as pure-play platforms (e.g.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the professional women’s division, Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya and Ababel Yeshaneh of Ethiopia dropped the majority of the pack during a record-setting 11-mile stretch from mile 6-16. USPS slowing first-class package delivery to lower costs. And what a race it was. How Walmart and Alphabet jumped ahead of Amazon in drone delivery.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

Requis

Overlaid on top of that, in the last decade or so the biggest changes have been in technology and automation in the supply chain. There are much better planning and forecasting systems now. It comes down to understanding of technologies, systems, and analytics. They’re loading programs and using analytical tools in house.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

on each sale made on its platform. If you sell handmade or vintage items (20 years old) and craft supplies, Etsy is the perfect platform for you to sell on. It provides automatic translation tool for titles, descriptions and customer communications. The marketplace comes under top 3 ecommerce platforms in Brazil.