September, 2007

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Locative Solutions and a brief history of Logistics

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I had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Charles Brown’s Marketing Club here at Exel’s Americas Support Center this morning. Yes, this group is from West Virginia University’s Business and Economics School. Since these soon-to-be executives were here to experience the real world, it got me to thinking about the history of logistics and the supply chain…damn!

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Logistics M&A Still Going Strong, According to LT.

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Looking to build a foundation for further growth in both the US and international freight markets, New Zealand’s global logistics supplier, Mainfreight Ltd., will spend $53.7 million to acquire US-based Target Logistics. Ranked as one of New Zealand’s top 20 companies, Mainfreight has 3,000 employees based in that country, Australia, Asia and the US.

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SafMarine "Containerizes" Education in Zambia

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I think this is really cool on behalf of SafMarine.more organizations should take a lead by using their older container fleets this way.nice work Saf! Zambia’s Amano Christian School today (Tuesday, September 18, 2007) celebrated the official opening of new school facilities constructed entirely from shipping containers donated by multi-trade shipping line, Safmarine.

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China Leads RFID Utilization

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A massive national identification card program will allow China to leap forward this year as the world’s largest market for radio frequency identification devices, or RFID, by value, according to a new industry study. The study, compiled by IDTechEx, found that China would account for the largest single portion, $1.96 billion or 38 percent, of the $4.96 billion to be spent globally on RFID in 2007.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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Suggested Reading continued.what to avoid, unless you are stuck in O'hare!

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If you’re like most professionals, you’ve got a stack of business books sitting somewhere near your desk — many of the so-called classics that every smart manager supposedly needs to read. Ha! To be honest, however, most of them are just BS.and I think that some of these classics became popular not because they were particularly insightful, but because they reinforced conventional business wisdom.

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Some reading suggestions, while you wait in the airport!

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A lot of business books get popular, but the most useful don’t always stay on the corporate radar. Sometimes this is because the contents, if put into practice, would force you (and often your firm) to make major changes in day-to-day behavior. It’s far easier to just skim these “challenging” books on the cross-country flight. These eight books might not tell you want you want to hear, but they will give you information you need to significantly revise your personal and business strategies. 1.