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

Logistics Viewpoints

Department of Transportation, which has selected 37 projects to be given funds made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s (BIL) Mega Program and the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) Grant Program. Massachusetts-based Teradyne moved its production out after U.S. The money is coming through the 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. And now for this week’s logistics news: Walmart Adds Truck Powered by Compressed Natural Gas to its Transportation Fleet CMA CGM offers $5.5 Spectators line the sides of the 26.2

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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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Cargo Flight Launches a Vital Link in the Ebola Response Effort

MIT Supply Chain

The Lab is part of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. 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. million grant from Paul G.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 4 – 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

G, the official groundhog of Massachusetts made her 16 th annual Groundhog Day forecast at Drumlin Farm in Lincoln, MA. Once again warehousing metrics are the primary driver of logistic activity. And find it I did. Right in my own backyard (figuratively… although I do have a groundhog living in my side yard, but I digress).

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10 Greatest Lean Books for The Ultimate Lean Enterprise

Supply Chain Opz

It's the result of a 5-year study about the Toyota Production System conducted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In Search of the Best Lean Book According to a short survey we conducted, we found that the best "classic" lean book is The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production by James P. Womack, Daniel T.

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Addressing a Legal Threat to Local Delivery Operations (The FedEx Ground Case on Driver Classification)

Talking Logistics

Transportation Management System (TMS) providers have long struggled to meet the unique challenges that come with local delivery, leading shippers to build their own platform (Amazon’s approach) or to spend millions of dollars and years customizing their TMS. Lessons to Learn from Crowdsourced Transportation Providers.