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Blockchain in the Warehouse

Cyzerg

With the sudden rise of Bitcoin at the end of 2017, blockchain has become a mainstream term. This article will be your primer for blockchain technology, its potential in warehouse operations, and how it fares in the industry.

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Warehouse Safety: 10 Tips to Keep Your Employees Safe

Cyzerg

This worry stems from warehouse industry workers sustaining many injuries and fatalities, with an average of 16 fatalities per year (2014-2017). So, in this article, we will be discussing the most common workplace injuries that a worker can face, safety tips to prevent injuries in the warehouse, and first-aid tips in case of an injury.

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Mexico Transportation Risk with Mark Vickers

The Logistics of Logistics

Mark expanded MacroPoint’s visibility technology into Mexico and got MacroPoint into shipper markets which enabled its acquisition by Descartes in 2017 for $107 Million. In 2017, Mark recognized a need for logistics service providers to have better access to cost effective All-Risk Shipper’s Interest Cargo Insurance with focus on Mexico.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 11-15, 2017)

Talking Logistics

WiseTech Global buys Microlistics for $40m, its ninth acquisition in 2017 (Australian Financial Review). While revenue is rising as UPS and FedEx deliver more packages by truck than ever, profit margins on those sales are shrinking,” according to a Bloomberg article published this week. And with that, have a happy weekend!

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Digital Transformation: An Imperative for Industrial Manufacturing in 2017

GlobalTranz

A recent article suggests that, by 2018, only 30 percent of manufacturers investing in digital transformation will be able to maximize the outcome. Let’s take a look at four reasons why digital transformation is an imperative in 2017 for industrial manufacturers: 1. Possibly not. This is concerning. Changing Consumer Expectations.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 31 – August 4, 2017)

Talking Logistics

A leading astrophysicist from Queen’s University Belfast has warned that an asteroid strike is just a matter of time,” states an article published this past June in Phys.org. Amazon Robotics Challenge 2017 won by Australian budget bot (BBC News). It’s actually not a far-fetched possibility. “A

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This Week in Logistics News (November 6-10, 2017)

Talking Logistics

I learned that fact (and many more important things) at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2017 conference in New Orleans this week. As the compliance date for the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate approaches (December 18, 2017), there are two important questions to be answered: How will it impact capacity?