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The New Generation of Microservices-Based Applications Can Create ‘Cliff Events’

Logistics Viewpoints

A blog from Atlassian explains that “until about 2013, companies usually built enterprise software by constructing applications as single units with large codebases, a monolithic architecture. Executives at Blue Yonder refer to this as a “cliff event.” Much of that investment is at the platform level.

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The iPhone 6s Freight Shipping Costs

Freightos

At the same time, Apple tried to steal the show by showcasing its new products at the Hey Siri event. To estimate the first month’s sales we took last year’s first month sales after the September Event. Also we found this Bloomberg article very useful for some insight into how it freight costs might have stacked up for Apple in 2013.

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It’s Manufacturing Week! – A Look At American Manufacturing and Ingenuity for MFG Day

GlobalTranz

In October 2016, Manufacturing Day events across North America will help raise awareness of extraordinary careers in manufacturing and awaken the next generation of makers with Edge Factor’s latest film, American Ingenuity. Part of our campaign involves a national event called Manufacturing Day. This annual event began in 2012.

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MTS Logistics Provides Job Training to Young Adults with Autism by Raising Over $120,000 Through 14th Annual Charity Bike Event, the Largest in Shipping

MTS Logistics

a New York-based freight forwarding and logistics company, announced that its 14 th Annual Bike Tour with MTS for Autism event, held on Saturday, June 8 th , raised over $120,000 for autism awareness and acceptance that will help provide job opportunities for young adults with autism. NEW YORK, NY – June 11, 2024 – MTS Logistics, Inc. ,

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Supply Chain Management:Infosys Team at IBM Pulse 2013

Infosys Supply Chain Management

News & Events. |. « Dynamic Pricing : Is it really worthy | Main | Linear Asset Management and Dynamic Segmentation- Part I » Infosys Team at IBM Pulse 2013. I am back again in Vegas for IBM Pulse 2013. Hence summarizing the whole event in one blog. Last year, I covered the event with much more details.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Did You Know That … Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Significance. Small trucker, Malcom McLean, fumes at slow loading of cargo aboard ship – “There has to be a better way.”. 0 TEUs 0 meters long. Significance.

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Editor’s Choice: Singles Day – A Retail Revolution

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, the gross merchandise volume of Alibaba Tmall has increased from $5 billion in 2013 to $78 billion in 2020 as below chart. In the past the event was only held on Nov.11 This year’s event featured two sales windows on Nov.1-3 In comparison, the total sales of Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the US was around $19.8