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This Week in Logistics News (April 16 – 22)

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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

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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. Because one of the major costs in a business, if you take in procurement and cost of goods, is supply chain. That’s been a massive trend.