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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016. study , 40% of consumers have purchased from retailers based outside the U.S.,

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Polycrisis, Antifragility, and What’s Missing from Digital Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

Digital transformation in a time of polycrisis Supply chains are no strangers to disruptions, like the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria, but polycrisis is meant to describe interconnected impacts of crises with repercussions rising to a much more serious level. Digital transformation is no longer optional. A survey by boom!

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This Week in Logistics News (February 4 – 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

Worst January US Intermodal in 10 years Our thoughts and prayers are with those in Turkey and Syria impacted by the recent earthquakes. It was the worst January for intermodal since 2013, with major retailers cutting back on inventories and consumer spending – especially on goods – having contracted,” commented AAR SVP John Gray.

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I Will Be Wrong Again: Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2017

Talking Logistics

retailer Walmart and Tsinghua University announced a joint effort to track the movement of food products in China using blockchain technology to improve food safety in the world’s second-largest economy”; and just last month, Mahindra and IBM announced they are developing a blockchain solution for supply chain finance.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

In a little more than two years, Amazon has installed more than 17,000 chargers at about 120 warehouses around the US, making the retail giant the largest operator of private electrical vehicle charging infrastructure in the country. That’s all for this week.