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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

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Yossi Sheffi of MIT is certainly one of the most influential and I would add interesting figures in supply chain today. Of late, about every three years he produces a new supply chain-related book, the last two being complementary takes on supply chain resilience and risk management.

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Will Robots Take All the Supply Chain Jobs?

247 Customs Broker

Maybe a software robot will be writing columns on supply chain topics before too long too. In fact, despite billions spend on DC automation in recent years, the number of warehouse workers has risen from 574,000 in 2007 to 837,000 in mid-2017, the last time I checked. In comparison, in 2000-2007 the U.S.

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Capacity Issues? Collaborate! Aggregate! Don't Stagnate!

Blog on Log

I am up in Toronto today and tomorrow participating in a course for Transportation and Logistics' professionals. In the rail sector, the labor fallout from early retirements has restricted train crews, while track and speed constraints limit the ability to run additional capacity across existing rail networks.

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IMO 2020 is coming: Why and How to Reduce CO2 Emissions in the Logistics Sector

Forto

The logistics necessary to power the global supply chain is an incredibly robust and complex machine but it allows for the sending of goods around the world easier and cheaper than ever before. 1,000 million tonnes annually between 2007 and 2012 (corresponding to 3.1% IMO stays the course. share of global emissions).

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How Manufacturing in the US Continues to Grow Despite Fears Over Higher Costs, Lower Percentage of GDP & Election-Year Woes

GlobalTranz

The first recovery was from 2001 to 2007, but it was halted with the Great Recession of 2008. Some of these measures, reports Supply Chain Digest, include the following: Focus on Research and Development – U.S. Since 1991, the U.S. Ironically, the same time frames for recovery does not necessarily mean a recession is imminent.

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Battling a perfect storm

Automotive Logistics

The purpose of a port is for the direct intermodal exchange of people or freight,” he said, adding that ports should have the infrastructure to allow vehicles and trains to come alongside ships. For Claussen, it is crucial those ports have the necessary infrastructure to cope with the continued growth in global trade. Trade wars.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling and Logistics

MH&L’s Editorial Advisory Board tackles some of the toughest topics facing the supply chain today. That’s why we went to the experts—the members of the MH&L Editorial Advisory Board—and asked them to weigh in on that subject, and on several other of the most pressing concerns to supply chain professionals.