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Meet the loggies: the women at the centre of emergency logistics

World Food Programme Logistics

Anaïs Boufferet and Marie Houel Respectively Head of Operational Logistics and Head of Supply Department Solidarités International, Paris Anais, left, and Marie. The richness of the people you meet and the opportunity to make a difference! Photo: WFP I joined the humanitarian world in 2005 in Kabul, Afghanistan. No routine!

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Utz Group celebrates diamond anniversary

Logistics Business Magazine

Today, close co-operation with customers results in a constant stream of new products to meet their varied logistics requirements. Another innovation for Utz came when its plastics recycling plant was put into operation in the late 1970s.

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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill: Does It Affect the Future of Project Cargo?

MTS Logistics

Many people don’t realize that as the ships grow in size, so do the parts that operate them, such as the ship’s engines, propellors, etc. The same can be said for energy consumption, the size of transformers, the size of windmill blades, and the turbines that operate with them. The present conditions of bridges are one key aspect.

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Cold Storage Warehouse Fire Safety

Logistics Business Magazine

While it may seem counterintuitive that fire is even a risk in spaces designed to maintain cold temperatures, cold storage in fact presents a huge fire hazard for warehouse designers and builders, life safety installation companies and facility owners. So as the demand for refrigerated products grows, so does the need for better fire safety.

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Energy Efficiency Is Key to Better Logistics

Material Handling and Logistics

Retailers such as Walmart have rigorous standards and will only purchase from suppliers who meet these standards. The company operates more than 8,300 alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles worldwide. That is part of an overall vehicle efficiency goal of a 50% reduction (from a 2005 baseline) by 2025.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The Evolution and History of Supply Chain Management

GlobalTranz

Over the last 100 plus years of the history of supply chain management has evolved from an initial focus on improving relatively simple, but very labor-intensive processes to the present day engineering and managing of extraordinarily complex global networks. Both industrial engineering and operations research have their roots in logistics.

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6 Manufacturing Trends to Watch Out for in 2016

GlobalTranz

Advanced analytics will be further involved in everyday manufacturing operations. Manufacturers will be able to improve their inventory due to the information presented by both supply chain and operations data. Early industrial robots had limited "intelligence", autonomy and operational degrees of freedom.