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Alexander Graham Bell and the Evolution of Communications

QAD

According to History.com , PBS , BBC and related sources, Alexander Graham Bell first embarked on his technology journey when he worked on his father’s “visible speech” system, which used symbols to represent speech sounds to teach deaf children. Who was Alexander Graham Bell? . Bell died in 1922, at the age of 75.

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Continued Disruption and Added Cost Inflation Reflected in Key Global Transportation and Logistics Indices in March and Q1 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Data published at the end of March indicates that for movement of ocean container shipping transit from Asia to North America , the average time had declined to 108 days, upwards of 15.4 The index that tracks ocean container movement from Asia to Western Europe increased to 116 days, reportedly a new record.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

That assessment comes as a result of 10 months of subdued demand, inventory de-stocking, and high interest rates, the New Jersey-based company said in its “The GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index.” The logistics provider has already deployed 3,000 AMRs globally with over 2,000 in North America.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 28 – February 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

The partnership will kick off by first sourcing Walmart’s California stores with Plenty’s leafy greens from its Compton farm. Maritime containership giant A.P. Moller – Maersk is turning to flying drones to manage inventory counts in its warehouse network, the Danish firm said.

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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

And if most of your production happens in FL, you may choose to divert sourcing to your secondary facility, say in New Jersey, during heavy produce shipping season months to avoid the heightened costs. However, shippers should not see much produce season transportation fluctuation when shipping in or out of New Hampshire.

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Podcast: Scott Donachie and Daniel Robin on the Evolution of Zero Waste

Requis

I saw the struggles a friend of mine had with his door-to-door compost collection business in New Jersey. I did a lot of research and found out that in New Jersey alone there are over 400 dormant landfills, and there’s a huge issue with waste. Maybe 15, 16 years ago it was seen as a wild new frontier.

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An Interview with Reshoring Initiative’s Harry Moser

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Recently, I was afforded the opportunity to discuss the Reshoring Initiative with Moser in an effort to find out how it might help some of our customers and prospects understand their total cost of ownership when considering where they source and produce their goods. Below is a summary of that conversation.