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This Week in Logistics News (April 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon has a long way to go, as the company says its operations emitted about 71 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2022, up by almost 40 percent since Jeff Bezos’s 2019 vow that his company would eventually stop contributing to the emissions warming the planet.

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The Forecasting Accuracy Bugaboo

Logistics Viewpoints

It is important to benchmark forecast accuracy and similar supply chain metrics against your peers. Increasingly, forecasts are being improved by leveraging outside data sources rather than merely relying on a company’s internal historical shipment data. Doing this, increases the benefits. forecasting product sales at 10,000 stores.

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Podcast: Rob O’Byrne on Digital Transformation, Sustainability, and Diversification in Sourcing

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So military logistics was really interesting because it’s big scale stuff. It was far more fascinating than military logistics, so within a few years I decided to leave and headed out to Australia and worked for a consulting company for two or three years. I said, “that’s fine, I’ll take that one”.

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The Evolution of Logistics: Connectivity, Data Integration, and Virtual Design

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In highly sensitive sectors like the military or medical logistics, this can help prevent damage and death. Data Integration and Logistics Efficiency Consolidating data from various sources and formats provides a full-picture view of logistics, giving managers all the information they need to make decisions.

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Red Sea Ocean Transport Disruption Update

Supply Chain Matters

These assessments are despite continued joint nation naval and air military efforts to attack and neutralize believed Houthi rebel’s missile, drone, and small ship laden attack sites. Scenario and simulation based planning methods that quantify and weight various short and longer term impacts of global events toward key business metrics.

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Transportation Network Modeling: A Powerful Tool in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Strategy

Talking Logistics

Supply chain network and transportation optimization can help make better sourcing and multi-stop route decisions that ultimately result in route design that balances low costs with higher service. In 2010, Walmart announced its goal to eliminate 20 million metric tons of GHG emissions from its global supply chain by the end of 2015.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

The retail giant plans to take out 50 million metric tons (MMT) by 2030, which is equivalent to the emissions associated with the average annual electricity consumption of 40 million Chinese households. Supply Chain Innovators of 2013 : paperless food chain, VLMs, cold chain fleet management, and more. Warehouse Automation. Media Type.