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Taking a Big Picture View of Supply Chain Networks

Logistics Viewpoints

I recently read a thought-provoking report with several predictions about the future of supply chain technology. Supply chain networks: A big-picture view. But carriers are only one component of a complete supply chain network. Numbers matter when it comes to supply chain data networks.

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Fragility of Infrastructure Highlighted Again After Baltimore Bridge Collapse

MTS Logistics

It throws another spotlight on the fragile nature of the global supply chain which has already been strained by several incidences including the drought in Panama and missile attacks by Houthi militants in the Red Sea. Other potential bottlenecks exist in the supply chain as well.

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10 Books Logistics And Supply Chain Experts Need To Read

Freightos

There are tens of thousands of books about logistics and supply chains. Amazon has 31,817 books about supply chain and 24,934 about logistics. That’s 56,751 supply chain and logistics books. But we got it down to ten logistics and supply chain books you’ll actually want to read.

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Data is the New Oil: Competing on Logistics Data

Talking Logistics

“Data is the new oil,” stated Clive Humby, a British mathematician, in 2006. It’s valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc. to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value.”

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IWL and Hawesko benefit from AMR solution

Logistics Business Magazine

In response to significant e-commerce growth and customer expectations for a seamless digital and physical shopping experience, Hawesko Group and its logistics subsidiary Internationale Weinlogistik (IWL) are investing in the optimisation of their intralogistics processes. Significant improvement in efficiency.

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DHL supports boohoo’s US expansion

Logistics Business Magazine

DHL Supply Chain , part of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has been chosen by boohoo group plc to manage its first-ever US distribution centre. DHL Supply Chain will provide boohoo, which generates annual sales of over $2.4bn, with best-in-class warehousing solutions to enable the company’s expected growth in the US market.

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AD Ports’ Uzbekistan Logistics JV

Logistics Business Magazine

AD Ports Group, a leading facilitator of global trade, logistics, and industry, and SEG ENERA Group, one of the largest multisectoral holding companies in Uzbekistan, today announced the formation of a new joint venture, ADL-Ulanish, that will provide end-to-end global logistics services across the Republic of Uzbekistan.