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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

The prescriptions are offered via Amazon’s online pharmacy service, which launched in 2020. Amazon Pharmacy, born out of the company’s 2018 acquisition of online pharmacy PillPack, allows customers to order prescription medications for home delivery, with free shipping for Prime members.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

With its commitment to have all 100,000 electric delivery vehicles on the road by 2030, Amazon will save millions of metric tons of carbon per year. This summer, Uber Eats plans to roll out an updated online grocery delivery experience, roughly two years after it entered the US e-grocery market.

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Recently, CEVA Logistics joined the Singapore Changi Airport community in a humanitarian aid project to transport 14,000-kilogram of oxygen concentrators from Los Angeles to Jakarta via Singapore. Photo Credit: Changi Airport Group. million gallons of SAF this year.

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Top Digital Supply Chain Cities in the U.S.

Material Handling & Logistics

Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Content Summary: Los Angeles does not rank number 1 in any of the categories Deloitte studied, but it does rank number 2 in net job creation for supply chain-related industries. Printer-friendly version. Media Type. Media Caption. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. Media Image.

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The State of Holiday Shipping & Learnings for Next Peak Season

Intelligent Audit

The Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have both been in the news on a nearly daily basis concerning the backlog of containers. UPS to Houston has experienced the most delays—8.9%, followed closely by New York and Los Angeles. Ocean Freight Shortages Abound. UPS parcels heading to Texas had a 10.3%

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Freight Visibility and Control: Introducing the Freightos Baltic Index (FBX)

Freightos

Today, the go-to metric for that question is typically Standard & Poor’s 500, the Nikkei, or the Dow Jones Industrial Average (a shockingly poor indicator , if you look closer). Nearly every industry has created on-demand metrics to gauge market performance, hedge risks, and make decisions accordingly. The driver?

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Four Keys to S&OP Effectiveness

Kinaxis

I heard a colleague once give the following analogy: Imagine a pilot flying from New York to Los Angeles at night without any navigation systems or instruments to measure his location, wind speed, or altitude. by Lori Smith In a previous post , I talked about the ineffectiveness of Excel, ERP, and legacy planning for S&OP.

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