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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

Massachusetts-based Teradyne moved its production out after U.S. percent year-on-year decline in cargo ton miles to 1.8bn, although this metric increased by 9.5 Teradyne , a supplier of semiconductor testing equipment, pulled manufacturing worth about $1 billion out of China last year, a Teradyne spokesperson said on Monday, after U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Metropolitan Bostonians take a lot of pride in the marathon as a major part of Patriots Day celebrations across Massachusetts. But I believe that more efficient packaging is the area with the greatest potential to improve sustainability metrics within the warehouse. Spectators line the sides of the 26.2

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New Year’s Resolution #1 for Supply Chain Planners: Improve Performance Measurement

Demand Solutions

Make it your New Year’s resolution to start using this more granular metric. When an item is out of stock in their Massachusetts warehouse, they’ll overnight it from their Texas warehouse just to make sure they fill the order.

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10 Greatest Supply Chain Management Books of All Time

Supply Chain Opz

Therefore, the challenge to establish ranking method is to find more economical data source and unbiased metric. From the above chart, you can see that Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Michigan State University are on the chart. We're sure some of you've been using Google Scholar to find related publications.

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How Can Paper Producers Rise to the Production Challenge?

USC Consulting Group

According to the piece published in North Carolina State University journal BioResources, the growth in demand for pulp and paperboard thus far in 2020 has been unprecedented, with production topping 419 million metric tons and consumption reaching over 423 million metric tons worldwide.

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E-commerce and the Digital Path to Purchase

Enterra Insights

According to the staff at Klarna, “The first glimpse of online commerce was experienced by some students at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in the 70’s. By every big-picture metric, social media and ecommerce should be a match made in heaven. ”[2]. The evolution of e-commerce. But, there’s a disconnect.

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Cargo Flight Launches a Vital Link in the Ebola Response Effort

MIT Supply Chain

The other members of the consortium are the University of Massachusetts Medical School, which leads the current initiative, the Boston Children’s Hospital, Avenir Analytics, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The 63 metric ton air shipment of personal protective equipment (PPE) and sanitation supplies valued at some $1.8

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