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3PL Industry Trends and a Forthcoming Identity Crisis

Logistics Bureau

As a general definition, a 3PL helps a company to get its offering, conceived in place A, into the hands of its customers in place B. The solution is to back up, figuratively speaking, to the general definition of the need and see how overall trends and developments in the world could make this need map onto other, different solutions.

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What Is a Pallet Jack? Definition, Types, and Uses Explained

Conger

And here’s a simple pallet jack definition: A pallet jack (sometimes called a “pallet truck”) is the simplest type of forklift, consisting of a: Wheeled trolley. We’ve given a basic definition of pallet jacks as being simple forklifts. Here’s a video showing how this whole process works: How to Operate an Electric Pallet Jack.

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5 examples of the black swan theory

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an events like the economic downturn and pandemic that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and often change the direction of politics, the economy and business, and influence the course of history.

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Unlearning Supply Chain Management

Talking Logistics

I’ve been a long-time advocate of the Vested model, ever since I took one of the first courses on it at the University of Tennessee in April 2009. It’s tempting to just keep the term and change the definition, which is what many of us have done. The old way has been embedded into their brains for so long it is a struggle to change.

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YouTube Takes on TikTok Shop with Its Enhanced Ecommerce Selling

Ship Monk

Benefits of the Expansion This is a win-win- win for YouTube content creators, YouTube users, and ecommerce brands: Content creators now have another channel to earn money through their videos vis-à-vis promoting a wider range of brands while also providing a richer experience for their users (helping their audiences find new products).

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The Global Warehouse Automation Market is “En Fuego”

Logistics Viewpoints

Earlier this week I saw an investor video discussing growth stock performance. Do they have reason to believe it has run its course? So I expect Daifuku’s warehouse automation business, by ARC’s definition, grew within a reasonable range of 20%. This was on a day I was busy analyzing the global warehouse automation market.

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The 4 Big Manufacturing Technology Trends to Rule the Land in 2016

GlobalTranz

Our transportation management system , which has been a web based platform since 1998, has an entire development team shaping it for now and in the future so our shippers continue to get value out of technology gaining such benefits of decreased errors, ability to focus on their core, and of course, overall costs savings.

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