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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

The survey of more than 500 global logistics executives is part of the 2018 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, an annual snapshot of industry sentiment and ranking of the world’s 50 leading emerging markets by size, infrastructure, transport connections and business climate. . Uruguay rises three places to No. 31 from No.

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Building Outside-In Processes

Supply Chain Shaman

I am half-way through a spring speaking tour that will wrap-up in June with a speech in South Africa and Peru. For example, should customer sentiment data feed into quality systems? Use GPS, maps and weather signals to better predict arrival and route transportation assets. This work is important to me. Into warranty systems?

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This Week in Logistics News (August 13-17, 2018)

Talking Logistics

New Transportation Solutions from project44 and Kuebix. With parcel becoming a growing part of virtually every company’s transportation operations, gaining more real-time visibility to delivery status and other metrics is critically important. Will their networks become blockchain-based too? Questions for another day.

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The Amazing Supply Chain of Your Morning Coffee!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The entire supply chain is further extended by several intermediaries, including global transporters as well as exporters and retailers. The entire supply chain is linked by several intermediaries. In the end, the invigorating effect of the morning cup of coffee is not only the business of the brand printed on the package.

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Coffee Shipping 101: Costs, Challenges, & How-to Ship

ShipBob

You won’t be serving up an espresso or cold brew to your customers in person, but you’ll be tasked with delivering quality coffee to their doorstep on time. The use of packaging materials and the carbon footprint of transportation contributes to environmental concerns. Let’s dive into a few. How much does it cost to ship coffee?

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An update on copper

Resilinc

Those “long-term prospects” are embodied in the growing wave of green energy investment and the electrification of transport, heating, industrial processes, and other energy uses that now rely on fossil fuel combustion. Copper will be uniquely important for this massive transition in how energy is produced and used.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

To anticipate and respond to high customer demand, a modern Transportation Management System (TMS) needs to optimize inventory allocation. Deviations that occur during transportation execution are not necessarily approved immediately. Norfolk Island. Northern Mariana Islands. Palestinian Territory, Occupied. Papua New Guinea.