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The Post-Pandemic Supply Chain with Peter Tirschwell

The Logistics of Logistics

A career business journalist, Peter has served as a maritime reporter, West Coast Bureau Chief, Editor in Chief and Publisher of The Journal of Commerce, over the course of his 30-year career with the JOC beginning as a maritime beat reporter in the early 1990s. the world’s largest container shipping conference, now 23 years old.

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Highlights from TPM 2023 with Peter Tirschwell

The Logistics of Logistics

A career business journalist, Peter has served as a maritime reporter, West Coast Bureau Chief, Editor in Chief and Publisher of The Journal of Commerce, over the course of his 30-year career with the JOC beginning as a maritime beat reporter in the early 1990s. the world’s largest container shipping conference, now 23 years old.

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3PL Contracts – The Options

Logistics Bureau

Where the existing in-house operation is very inefficient, inappropriately resourced or could gain significantly from being incorporated into a larger operation, then of course savings may be possible. The reverse is also true of course. The primary benefit of warehouse outsourcing should probably be thought of as gaining flexibility.

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From Push-Cart to Cutting-Edge Robotics: China Skips Traditional Warehouse Automation

Logistics Viewpoints

Of course, this was an exaggeration, but it illustrated his point well. “ Of course, fiber optic land lines offer greater bandwidth. Government subsidies would certainly support domestic development of warehouse robotics. It doesn’t make sense to network a community in that way if you were to start from scratch today.

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What Georgia-Pacific Is Doing With Causal AI Is Remarkable

Logistics Viewpoints

Causal AI offers the tantalizing promise of being able to unravel the intricate web of cause-and-effect relationships that govern business operations. By leveraging causal knowledge and data graphs, Causal AI can navigate complex business scenarios, anticipate outcomes, and recommend optimal courses of action.

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In Fast Fashion, the Tug of War Between the Circular Economy and Capitalism is Glaringly Apparent

Logistics Viewpoints

As large companies embrace environmental, social, and governance goals, they also need to revamp their reverse supply chains to disassemble returned goods apart, save valuable materials, and reuse them. Businesses, of course, seek to maximize profits. In this way, the life cycle of products is extended. That is the heart of capitalism.

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

Trinity Logistics

government, which it used nearly half of to cover past due payments to healthcare and pensions, payments on equipment and properties, and interest accrued by its other debts. The LTL carriers have course-corrected their capacity concerns. YRC was granted a $700 million COVID-relief loan by the U.S. Well, yes, but also no. Likely not.

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