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This Week in Logistics News (June 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

Of course, I am talking about James Holzhauer’s Jeopardy win streak, which ended earlier this week, about $60,000 shy of Ken Jennings’s record of $2,522,700 in a 74-game winning streak in 2004. After 32 victories and $2,462,216 in earnings, the run is finally over.

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Training the Australian Army’s logistics officers – a new LIW series

Logistics in War

The Australian Army’s Suite of Logistics Officers Courses (SOLOC) has been the focus of successive reviews and training needs analyses since the 1996 formation of the Army Logistics Training Centre (ALTC). These reviews have examined the content of courses through a range of analytical methods and have prompted modernisation accordingly.

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5 examples of the black swan theory

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an events like the economic downturn and pandemic that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and often change the direction of politics, the economy and business, and influence the course of history. Now it is a retail leader in Asia.

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C4T appoints new CEO

Logistics Business Magazine

Spiegelberg succeeds Pieter Haesaert, who founded C4T together with Ilse Vermeersch as a customs consultancy in 2004 before developing the CAS platform ten years later. The post C4T appoints new CEO appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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The Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014

GlobalTranz

We will feature over the next 7 business days each category’s top 10 most viewed posts over the course of 2014. Today, we kick off our annual year end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 7 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , 3PL , Business , Transportation , Freight. Read Full Post.

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The History of eCommerce: From the 1960s to the 2020s

Ship Monk

Of course, bad times don’t last forever, and, slowly but surely, stock exchanges recovered and were stabilized by 2001. In 2004, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI) formed to ensure the creation, enhancement, and implementation of security standards that protect customer account data.

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Logistics Unleashed: Unveiling the Most Pivotal Events that Shaped its Development

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

Logistics has undergone a remarkable transformation over the course of history, shaped by key events that pushed boundaries, embraced innovation, and drove the evolution of trade and transportation. References: Ballou, R. Business Logistics Management. Prentice Hall. J., & Novack, R. Transportation: A Global Supply Chain Perspective.

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