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10 Books Logistics And Supply Chain Experts Need To Read

Freightos

I threw in a healthy dose of interesting (globalization, shipping trends and the business of logistics), a dash of history (the evolution of longitude), a sprinkle of next generation manufacturing (lean manufacturing) and some great company success stories (FedEx, Walmart. I think you’ll like the list too. Got some suggestions?

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Is the Transportation Market Heading into Unprecedented Territory?

Talking Logistics

Will these trends continue in 2018? Those of us in the transportation industry can always tell when the economy is really [strengthening],” said Finn. trucking industry is picking up speed [44 publicly announced freight movement and logistics deals within the U.S. Capacity is tightening and rates are going up.

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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore being struck by the Dali and collapsing is an unpredictable disruption to the supply chains of several industries including automobiles, coal, and agricultural machinery. Coal industry: The Port of Baltimore is the largest coal port in the country, handling about 20 million tons of coal per year.

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The Transportation Revolution: Takeaways from CLX Logistics’ 6th Annual Customer Conference

Talking Logistics

Mark Chrencik, Director of Operations at CLX Logistics (a Talking Logistics sponsor), kicked off the conference with a market update where he covered various trends in the industry, including fuel prices and linehaul rates. Overall productivity (miles per truck per day) to decline industry wide by about 3% to 4% in the coming year.

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India Eyes Becoming the Next China, But Challenges Remain

MTS Logistics

If current trends continue, China’s population will top 1.44 Back in 2004, women in the workforce were around 35% and in 2022 that number instead of going forward went backward to 25%. Population Growth As of March 2023, India’s population topped China where 1.428 billion are living in India vs. 1.425 billion living in China.

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The Top 10 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014

GlobalTranz

We look forward to beefing up even more great content to give value to our customer base of manufacturers and those in the manufacturing industry. Since the Industrial Revolution, manufacturing has been synonymous with factories, machine tools, production lines and economies of scale. But how does it work in industry?

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5 examples of the black swan theory

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

SARS pandemic in 2002-2004 sped up the growth of the small company Alibaba, which traded over the Internet. The video game industry has taken the trend and has also dramatically changed course. Now it is a retail leader in Asia.