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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

P&G uses life cycle assessment for sustainable packaging design. 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. to get online orders to doors quicker and at a lower cost. Uber Eats ups the ante in online grocery.

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COVID-19: Bullwhip in Cheese Demand

Operations and Supply Chain Management

A UPS jet at Miami International Airport. The surge in packages at United Parcel Service is coming at a hefty price. Boeing says it expects to cut another 11,000 jobs and is reviewing aircraft production rates, the WSJ’s Doug Cameron reports, in an effort to stop bleeding cash as the coronavirus pandemic roils global air travel.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 30 – June 3, 2016)

Talking Logistics

One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2016 was that drones would have a breakout year — not in delivering packages to consumers, but in yard and warehouse management. And this week, Reuters reported that Walmart is “six to nine months from beginning to use drones to check warehouse inventories in the United States.”

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The Logistics of Flowers

Freight Plus

Most of the flowers we purchase in the US are grown in Central America and flown into Miami. While on the flight they are specially packaged. Once in Miami, they are offloaded and either stored in coolers or a shaded area immediately. It is like shipping a vaccine. The United States floral industry is about $8.5

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8 Inventory Costing Methods That You Might Not Know About

EMERGE App

Inventory costing is done by accountants so that the cost of goods available for sale is represented fairly on your income statement and balance sheet. Businesses that deal in physical goods should submit financial reports that are true and fair. Also, recent costs are reported in the ending inventory on the balance sheet.

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RESPOST: LTL: Then and Now with David Ross

The Logistics of Logistics

During his tenure at Stifel, his awards included ranking #1 in stock picking multiple times in the Wall Street Journal’s Best on the Street Analysts Survey and in Financial Times/StarMine America’s Top Analysts report. The LTL industry is right between the small package market (UPS, FedEx) and the truckload market. David Ross.

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LTL: Then and Now with David Ross

The Logistics of Logistics

During his tenure at Stifel, his awards included ranking #1 in stock picking multiple times in the Wall Street Journal’s Best on the Street Analysts Survey and in Financial Times/StarMine America’s Top Analysts report. The LTL industry is right between the small package market (UPS, FedEx) and the truckload market. David Ross.

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