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Logistics Unleashed: Unveiling the Most Pivotal Events that Shaped its Development

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

The Silk Road acted as a catalyst for logistics, shaping the concepts of inventory management, transport planning, and risk mitigation. The invention of steam-powered engines and the mechanization of factories revolutionized production and transportation. Containerization standardized the way goods were packed, transported, and stored.

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DHL Supply Chain Japan successfully delivered Supercomputer “Fugaku”

Logistics Manager

DHL Supply Chain provided end-to-end logistics services, focusing on storage and transportation and carry-in of computer units for the “Fugaku” – which is ranked as the world’s No.1 This is a highly important project that demanded extraordinary skills and precision to transport and deliver such massive ultraprecision machines.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

He was the hero of the curse-reversing 2004 team that came back from a 3-0 deficit to the Yankees in the ALCS with a walk-off homer and another walk-off single. He changed the course of the 2013 playoffs with his game-tying grand slam against the Tigers that sent Tori Hunter tumbling over the right field wall and into the Red Sox bullpen.

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Logistics Contractors and strategic logistics advantage in US military operations

Logistics in War

According to doctrine and policy, the types of services commonly contracted to private businesses include base operations support (such as billeting, food service, and laundry services), transportation, port operations, terminal operations, warehousing, facilities construction, facilities management, energy services, and materiel maintenance. [iv]

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Distribution, not supply, is creating global food insecurity

Logistics Business Magazine

Perhaps the most memorable scene of the 2004 indie movie Layer Cake is when Michael Gambon’s character, Eddie Temple, informs Daniel Craig’s unnamed protagonist that “The art of good business is being a good middleman”. Of course, monopolies do not wish to give up their position readily. Sprawling, over-complex distribution chains.

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The History of eCommerce: From the 1960s to the 2020s

Ship Monk

SSL was eventually succeeded by TLS (Transport Layer Security) as a way to determine whether a website can be trusted — that’s where the little lock icon in your address bar comes from! Of course, bad times don’t last forever, and, slowly but surely, stock exchanges recovered and were stabilized by 2001.

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Freight Driver Shortage Update: Will 2017 Come to a Head & Cause Issues for Shippers?

GlobalTranz

In 2004, 2011 and 2014, capacity reached a critical point. Meanwhile, Swift Transportation, Schneider, and CGI have unveiled $4,000 - $8,000 bonuses for new drivers. Yet, shippers want to pay the least cost possible for transportation of goods, which results in lower profits for carriers and wages for drivers.