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3PL Kitting Services: Should they be a Marathon or Sprint?

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

After all, he’s dominated the 100-meter sprint since 2008. However, if you answered Eliud Kiphoge, you’re also correct, because he’s the current world record holder in the marathon, an event Bolt wouldn’t be able to complete in, much less win. Who’s the world’s fastest runner? If you answered Usain Bolt, you’re right.

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Penske Logistics Given U.S. EPA SmartWay Excellence Award

Penske Move Ahead

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has honored Penske Logistics with a 2021 SmartWay Excellence Award in the Mixed Carrier category, marking the fifth consecutive time the Reading, Pennsylvania-based company has been accorded with this sustainability distinction. This year's awards were celebrated during a virtual event.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

During a normal Olympics, millions of spectators flock to venues to watch over 300 events unfold over the course of two-plus weeks. Earlier this week, a resurgent coronavirus forced Japan to declare a state of emergency in the capital that will run throughout the event. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Transaid exceeds 50,000 professional drivers trained in Africa

Logistics Business Magazine

Transaid used its recent annual showcase event in London to celebrate two major road safety milestones met during 2022, whilst also highlighting the significant challenges facing its professional driver training projects in sub-Saharan Africa. The event was kindly hosted at the central London offices of law firm Ashurst LLP.

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The State of LTL Shipping in Light of YRC Freight Bankruptcy

TransAudit

The 2008 financial crisis added fuel to the fire, putting severe pressure on Yellow’s financials. Yellow and Roadway had delays in integrating their vast national networks, and the existing debt got magnified as the 2008 Great Recession began. Compounding this was the debt accumulated from acquisitions.

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Logistics of Olympic Games

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

The Olympic Games are always carrying sportive but also economical promises – for the 2024 Games in Paris, 150 000 jobs are expected to be created, and 30% of them in the realm of logistics (the rest in construction and tourism). The logistics planning for Paris 2024 is for the first time aligned with the Paris Agreement of 2015.

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Coronavius is a Growing Threat to the Supply Chain

LandLink

This virus has the potential to cause an economic shock unlike those that led to recessions in the recent past; the oil spike in 1991 that hit consumer wallets or the credit crunch in 2008 that seized up lending markets. How manufacturing delays ripple through the economy isn’t so straightforward, however.