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This Week in Logistics News (April 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

The portion of the index tracking ground parcel rates per package in Q1 was 29.5 tractor fleet and sourcing 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, according to the press release. Unseasonably cold weather in Spain slowed down the growing of peppers, leading to Morrisons limiting purchases to two per customer. percent for Q4.

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The Data Behind Amazon’s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

Across twenty additional countries, Amazon’s other centers are predominantly focused on fulfillment and delivery stations while some countries, like Italy, the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Singapore, and Japan also have Prime delivery facilities. Source: Amazon.com. Let’s Talk About Boats, Ships, and Trucks.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 27 – May 1, 2015)

Talking Logistics

It serves both B2B and B2C customers in the United Kingdom, Spain and France. Shippers can define item-level details including warehouse locations and constraints, profiles, groupings, packaging hierarchies and loading factors. Norbert Dentressangle has leading capabilities in high-growth reverse logistics.

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How Are Counterfeit Drugs Procured?

MIT Supply Chain

Research at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program , Zaragoza, Spain, is investigating why drug dispensers such as clinics and pharmacies might acquire fake drugs. The research was carried out by Laura Wagner for her PhD thesis Sourcing Decisions for Goods with Potentially Imperfect Quality Under the Presence of Supply Disruption.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

The series of deals in the US, UK, Sweden, Spain, and Canada will add more than 1.5 In total, the company will source enough renewable energy in Europe to power the equivalent of more than two million homes a year. As of June 2020, Amazon sourced about 42 percent of its global energy needs from renewables.

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The impact of the Ukrainian crisis on Europe’s gas flow

Supply Chain Movement

Ian Moran, Global Gas Model Team Manager at Wood Mackenzie, explains: “When we were building our Global Gas Model we looked at many different mathematical programming software packages. Source images: Wood Mackenzie.

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7 Things That Matter Most To Fresh Supply Chain Leaders

Logistics Bureau

Fruit and vegetables, fish, bread, packaged salads, fresh meals; so many consumer products rely on supply chains that can bring perishable goods to retailers’ shelves quickly, and in the best possible condition. Sanitary practices must be maintained from source to shelf.