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This Week in Logistics News (April 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

Spending is growing across several categories, and the top Easter items consumers say they are planning to purchase include candy ($3.3 And now on to this week’s logistics news. UPS is bringing new safety training to Louisville and other sites across the country. billion), gifts ($3.8 billion) and food ($7.3

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3D Printing Changes the Supply Chain

Kinaxis

I learned about biofabrication, a recently created word that means the convergence between technology and medicine, to print items to be used in the human body. The drug manufacturer, Aprecia Pharmaceuticals, uses 3D printing to create a more porous pill. It has become additive manufacturing. Retail is changing for sure.

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Exel announces new business with Bristol-Myers Squibb and expansion of Midwest Footprint

Supply Chain Network

Global biopharmaceutical company, Bristol-Myers Squibb, has chosen Exel as its third-party logistics provider handling its U.S. As part of the contract, Exel purchased the existing Bristol-Myers Squibb distribution centers in Mount Vernon, Ind., distribution. and will take over operations in the second quarter of this year.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 11 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

This weekend the PGA Championship, the second of the 4 Majors, is taking place in Louisville, KY. Early this morning, Scheffler was arrested by Louisville Metro Police on Friday morning after trying to drive into the entrance of Valhalla Golf Club, the site of this week’s PGA Championship.

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Which States are Making the Grade in Logistics?

Material Handling & Logistics

The 2018 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card , conducted by Conexus Indiana for the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research, rates U.S. The 2018 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card , conducted by Conexus Indiana for the Ball State University Center for Business and Economic Research, rates U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 28 – December 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Walmart scraps shipping minimum for subscription service. UPS can make as much as 1,200 pounds of dry ice an hour near its Worldport air hub in Louisville, KY, and can ship it the next day to US and Canadian hospitals and clinics. So, a big congrats to my dad. Well, not exactly.

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Easier than reducing carbon footprint – 5 Steps to make a dent in the Huge and Hidden Cost of CPG Sustainability

GlobalTranz

Calculating the carbon footprint of a company’s comprehensive logistics framework is tremendously complex. LTL gets even trickier according to a report by the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. . Diesel rail is twice that of steamships, and the impact from trucks, while a fraction of air, is three times rail. .