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Climate Change and the Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2005, the EU instituted a cap-and-trade system for businesses as a way to cut the emissions that drive climate change. While the impact on planet Earth is evident, and companies and countries are making strides to reduce emissions, climate change is also wreaking havoc on global supply chains.

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Supply Chain Sustainability: A Byproduct of Efficiency

Talking Logistics

What is so special about October 23, 2005? That’s when Walmart’s CEO at the time, Lee Scott, gave a speech entitled Twenty First Century Leadership that arguably kicked off the supply chain sustainability era. Read more Supply Chain Sustainability: A Byproduct of Efficiency. The challenges include: Increasing.

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One Multinational’s Supply Chain Transformation Journey

Logistics Viewpoints

A large multinational is undergoing an impressive supply chain transformation that will run through 2023. A Complex Supply Chain. Not surprisingly a company this big, delivering different solutions to a variety of industries, has a complex supply chain. Comand and Control Center Application from Kinaxis.

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The Top 100 Logistics Companies with Seth Clevenger

The Logistics of Logistics

He is a 2005 graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Shippers have replenished their inventories after struggling with supply chain bottlenecks during the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Ryder Supply Chain Solutions climbed into the top 10 after expanding its revenue to $6.5 billion last year.

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The Year Ahead with Doug Waggoner

The Logistics of Logistics

Doug is the CEO of Echo Global Logistics , a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services. is a leading Fortune 1000 provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services. Doug Waggoner and Joe Lynch discuss the year ahead. About Doug Waggoner.

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Supply chains are linked up with the White House’s push to reduce GHG emissions

Logistics Management

When President Biden last week announced that the United States is focusing on reducing the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 50%-to-52% below 2005 levels by 2030, it garnered a lot of attention, as it should.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

The success of your business links inextricably to the performance of your supply chain. you have to make your supply chain successful too. Supply Chain and Business Success By the Numbers. Conversely, just 8% of businesses with less capable supply chains report above-average growth.