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Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution – Possibly the Most Important Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Source: US DoD. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is mostly being shipped from Kalamazoo, Michigan directly to the point of use. Pfizer’s plan utilizes strategic transportation partners to ship by air to major hubs and then distribute by ground transportation to dosing locations. The Vaccines. Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine.

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Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution – Possibly the Most Important Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is mostly being shipped from Kalamazoo, Michigan directly to the point of use. Pfizer’s plan utilizes strategic transportation partners to ship by air to major hubs and then distribute by ground transportation to dosing locations. The Vaccines. Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine.

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Generative AI: Cheat Code to a More Competitive Supply Chain Business?

Logistics Viewpoints

Using computer algorithms, the AI program searches various connected inputs from all available sources to generate human-looking content in the form of text, images, audio, and other synthetic (created) data that is of value to the user. The manager glances at the screen and sees a shipment to Louisville, KY flagged due to a storm delay.

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The Mind-Boggling Complexities of Food Distribution (Why Optimization is Critical)

Talking Logistics

Yes, parcel shipping has its own set of challenges and complexities, but I believe food distribution is further up on the complexity scale and it’s something that Amazon now has to contend with at a much larger scale than it has with Amazon Fresh.

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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

with the production of quality products creating less waste, the ‘scorecards’ for source reduction targets are met, provided to mass retailers and promoted but there are no metrics dealing with in-transit shipping damage. David Hoerig is a Systems Sales Manager with Lantech, the Louisville, KY based inventor of stretch wrapping.

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Which States are Making the Grade in Logistics?

Material Handling & Logistics

With three maritime ports that together rank 7th in waterborne shipping, Indiana provides the only statewide port system with direct waterway access to two U.S. Kentucky offers the UPS World Port in Louisville, DHL Americas hub in Northern Kentucky and several large FedEx ground hubs throughout Kentucky. Media Type. Media Credit.

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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.