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Automation To Help Smooth Singles’ Day Peak

Logistics Business Magazine

Single people mark the occasion by spoiling and treating themselves to gifts and presents, but it wasn’t until Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba chose the date to offer heavily discounted merchandise on its platform for 24 hours, starting at midnight on the 11th November, 2009, that Singles’ Day became a major commercial event.

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When a Giant Falls: Yellow Corporation’s Exit and Its Impact on the LTL Industry

Trinity Logistics

I can answer some of those questions and share with you my thoughts, experiences, and observations of this impactful event in LTL history. It almost put them into filing for bankruptcy in 2009. The LTL carriers have course-corrected their capacity concerns. Is the last time we’ll see an industry-shaking event in the LTL space?

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

Ship Monk

Towards the tail end of the ‘60s, three key events happened in quick succession: In 1968, The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) commissioned the world’s first routers. In 1969, the military developed ARPANET to ensure that critical lines of communication would be maintained in the event of a nuclear attack.

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WOF Summit promises latest market trends

Logistics Business Magazine

Ahead of the WOF SUMMIT , which takes place in Vienna on 4 th -5 th May, we caught up with Chief Commercial Officer of the WOF Group Christoph Grasl and asked him about this inaugural event. From 2009 he became MD of one of the leading air and sea cargo forwarders in Austria and had the Regional Director role for Central Eastern Europe.

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Supply Chain Management:Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 0

Infosys Supply Chain Management

News & Events. |. Though I have attended all Pulse events since its inception in 2008 (last year I gave it a miss), it still looks new every year. Also, the horizon of the event is increasing every year, which makes it more exciting. This year, 7000+ people are scheduled to attend this event. December 2009.

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Supply Chain Management:Infosys Team at IBM Pulse 2013

Infosys Supply Chain Management

News & Events. |. Last year, I covered the event live with daily blogs, but this time my whole schedule was so packed that I hardly had any time to write. Hence summarizing the whole event in one blog. As usual, event opened Sunday evening with an international connection reception and expo theater inauguration.

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Supply Chain Management:Importance of Proactive Master Data.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

News & Events. |. Of course this is & will be an ongoing activity as each month some new codes get added from planning perspective, either they are new products introduced or existing products getting extended to new planning locations. December 2009. November 2009. October 2009. September 2009.