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Supply Chain Logistics in 2018: How They Keep the Lights on in Las Vegas

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: Today’s blog is from Connie Benton who discusses the state of supply chain logistics and how they keep the lights on in Las Vegas. Las Vegas location isn’t exactly conducive to building a city. That means that the logistics of this city of dreams can be an absolute nightmare.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. “Home Depot and Lowe’s let you return dead plants, for a year. The field is large and growing. That rarely happens.

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Our Best ICON 2023 Takeaways: A Post-ICON Conversation With Our Industry Experts

BlueYonder

It’s been a month since we were in Las Vegas for ICON 2023. Host: What advice would you give to leaders in manufacturing, retail, and logistics as they start settling back into their day jobs after ICON? If we want to be an industry leader, we need to keep innovating. What should they start to be focused on?

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This Week in Logistics News (November 26 – December 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The application, called AWS Supply Chain, was introduced at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. The carriers start to prioritize the securing and movement of security-sensitive materials like chlorine for drinking water and hazardous materials in the rail winddown.

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Trends and Predictions 2020: Internet of Things

Enterra Insights

Jared Council ( @JaredCouncil ) and John McCormick report, “The now familiar phrase ‘Internet of Things’ is taking on a new meaning, according to Steve Koenig, vice president of research at the Consumer Technology Association trade group, which organizes CES — formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show — in Las Vegas.