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The Race for Last Mile Drones

Logistics Viewpoints

One of the most difficult and expensive aspects of the supply chain is last mile and home delivery. Autonomous last mile deliveries are part of the answer to the e-commerce boom that we are experiencing. However, from a customer experience standpoint, it is also the most memorable and possibly important.

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The Growth of E-Commerce and What It Means for Retail Jobs

BlueYonder

Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. The outsized effect of e-commerce on retail. According to The New York Times article, How the Growth of E-Commerce is Shifting Retail Jobs , online shopping accounts for only 8.4 percent of all U.S.

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The Growth of E-Commerce and What It Means for Retail Jobs

BlueYonder

Friday in 5 – interesting news bits from around the supply chain horn, served up in one spot to keep you up to date. The outsized effect of e-commerce on retail. According to The New York Times article, How the Growth of E-Commerce is Shifting Retail Jobs , online shopping accounts for only 8.4 percent of all U.S.

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Pull Your Own Upset

Tompkins Blog

I thought it would be interesting to see how these lessons learned translate to our world of supply chain. In 2011 Virginia Commonwealth shocked Kansas. Virginia unleashed a full court press to take an early 18 point lead, and then kept pouring it on. How do these apply to the supply chain world?

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How Shippers Use Carbon Emissions Shipment Data to Reduce Total Carbon Footprint

Intelligent Audit

We are only experiencing an increase in e-commerce activity, peak season activity, and shipping. Regulations designed to control nitrogen oxide emissions include: NOx Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT): This regulation focuses on major stationary NOx sources using RACT to follow the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

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“Collaboration” is becoming a bad word…in some circles

NC State SCRC

For instance, recent articles in the Harvard Business Review and the Economist emphasize that collaboration has reached the point of “godliness” in modern business, and that managers are overwhelmed with collaborative tools. HBR estimates that 20% to 35% of value-added collaborations come from only 3% to 5% of employees.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

As I highlighted in my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2013 , tablets and smartphones are quickly becoming the preferred computing platform for business professionals, which is why technology providers are designing and optimizing their applications for these devices.