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How US ports may have contributed to the global lag in container turn around times

Shipping and Freight Resource

Given China’s systemic production cost advantage, which now averages 30% to 35% even when shipping costs are included, ” says a recent article from the Harvard Business Review. port operations. In 2002, employers locked out workers for 10 days at one point before President George W.

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Logistics and autonomous systems – the promise of transformed logistics

Logistics in War

The opportunities for automation in logistics are virtually limitless, only requiring technology and entrepreneurship to deliver results that will have demonstrable effects on operations. This article survey automation in logistics and highlight areas of promise for military logistics.

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Analytics in Supply Chain Management Becomes Central As Coronavirus Escalates

IoT World Today

And while during the SARS epidemic of 2002 and 2003, China represented 4.3% Seifert and Richard Markoff in the article “ Demand for AI in Demand Planning.”. Sales and operations, they argue, must operate from a single source of truth; otherwise, AI algorithms are prone to bias and inconsistency at the outset.

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Reflections on East Timor by a logistics unit commander – twenty years on

Logistics in War

In the two decades since the Australian deployment to East Timor as part of the International Force East Timor (INTERFET), much has been written about the operation predominantly from the national and military strategic perspectives. As the operation recedes into history, we need to ensure the key lessons identified do not also fade.

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Burying the hero – how logistics and readiness changed war

Logistics in War

This article looks at how logistics readiness has shaped military success and failures, created the nature of operations, and most certainly the capacity of militaries to be viable as a force. Fuller in his biopic of Alexander; supply was the basis for operational – if not strategic – mobility. [1]

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WMS Selection: What Drives an Investment in a Warehouse Management System? 5 Considerations

GlobalTranz

This is an important step in assessing your existing operations’ ability to migrate to new systems and leverage the full potential of such systems. A 2002 Material Handling and Logistics magazine article cited multiple problems with WMS implementation. What’s Next?

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Trucking Isn’t Going Away Any Time Soon

Blue Grace Logistics

that are used for long hauls, using the Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS), last updated in 2002,” says an article from HBR. Many of the sensationalized articles that are proclaiming the untold job loss at the hands of automation are also exaggerating the actual amount of human truck drivers employed in the United States.