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The Best Logistics Team You Have Never Heard Of with Matt Scherer

The Logistics of Logistics

He and his team are also in the final stages of producing “LinkedIn for Learners,” a book with the goal of helping high school and college students to make informed choices about their studies and career goals. About Scherer Communications.

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Körber User Conference Showcases Ecommerce Warehouses

Logistics Viewpoints

Despite the pandemic, it was a good year for the supply chain group at Körber (Körber rhymes with Gerber, the baby food company). This group had record revenues. I did a study on the WMS system integrator market last year. The Gold Bond Group is an Israeli logistics service provider.

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The Weekly Freight Report for April 7th, 2022

FLS Transport

In the San Pedro Bay ports, diesel emissions from trucks have been cut by 97% since 2005 due to the Clean Air Action Plan. Goodyear, Bridgestone, Kodiak Robotics, TuSimple, and other companies are studying and working on improving tire safety for autonomous trucks. A US National Freight Data Portal is in the works. .

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Energy Efficiency Is Key to Better Logistics

Material Handling and Logistics

The result is that companies must balance the expectations of these groups with the need to make a product that consumers want and are willing to pay for. While studies show that consumers want sustainable products, only 5%-10% will actually pay a price differential for that,” Sheffi says. In the U.S., Lauderdale.

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What Creates Jobs? Welcoming STEM Workers

GlobalTranz

In fact, the Bay Area Council’s study finds that every one job in the high-tech sector—defined as those most closely related to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM workers) fields—leads directly to 4.3 ” The Bay Area Council’s study finds that employment in high-tech fields is expected to grow by 16.2

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Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success

Logistics Bureau

Mini Case Study: Walmart Walmart may be the most famous example of a company that has succeeded primarily because of a well-developed and aligned supply chain strategy. So if you want to be sure of business success, review your supply chain strategy. If it doesn’t align with the objectives of your business, you have some work to do.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The End of Made In China Manufacturing

GlobalTranz

The erosion in the cost advantage has been driven by a confluence of sharp wage increases, lagging productivity growth, unfavorable currency swings, and a dramatic rise in energy costs, states the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) based on a study of 25 nations that account for nearly 90 percent of global exports of manufactured goods.