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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

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And now on to this week’s logistics news: Amazon launches same-day delivery from brick-and-mortar retail brands. FedEx has agreed to buy an ownership stake in the logistics technology vendor Berkshire Grey as part of a multi-year deal to stock its fulfillment centers with the tech firm’s robotic order fulfillment systems.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 7 – 13)

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He has lost approximately $182 billion since November 2021, as estimated by Forbes, although other sources suggest that it could actually be closer to $200 billion. And now on to this week’s logistics news. The post This Week in Logistics News (January 7 – 13) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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Kanban boosts logistics transportation services with additional trailers

Kanban Logistics

Kanban Logistics has recently added 8 trailers to its fleet, bringing its total number of trailers to 25. While Kanban’s primary service is warehousing and distribution, this trailer acquisition demonstrates the growth of the company’s logistics transportation services in Eastern North Carolina.

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Getting Started with AI in Supply Chain

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Instead of searching for and reading multiple help documents, the planner can simply ask for help in natural language and receive an answer that is a single, synthesized explanation of those sources in Portuguese (even if the documentation is in English).

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The Greenest Mile: Planning’s Role in Supply Chain Sustainability

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We must plan, source, make, and deliver differently for supply chain sustainability. These examples address the source, make, and deliver areas of supply chain. Similarly, increasing the efficiency of planning and reducing waste will lay a firm foundation for greener sourcing, manufacturing and delivery. Buffering creates waste.

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Why Supply Chain Convergence is Critical to Greater Agility and Resilience

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Many factors need to align for an organization to be able to source materials, produce a product and put it in the hands of customers. Of the professionals surveyed, 59% saw the gap between procurement/sourcing and supply chain to be a major disconnect, and the most pressing pain point.

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Challenges Facing Local Foods in North Carolina

Supply Chain View from the Field

Food hubs are one channel to fill this gap, as food hubs manage aggregation, distribution and marketing of source-identified food products to satisfy wholesale, retail, and institutional demands. Local Food Systems Logistics Retail Logistics Supply Chain Economics Supply Chain Management'