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Editor’s Choice: Singles Day – A Retail Revolution

Logistics Viewpoints

This article is from Audrey Dong, from KNAPP , and looks at e-commerce in China and the impact of Singles Day. For example, the gross merchandise volume of Alibaba Tmall has increased from $5 billion in 2013 to $78 billion in 2020 as below chart. In the past the event was only held on Nov.11 billion in 2020. 1-3 and Nov.11.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

To get a better understanding of how the shared economy works within the supply chain, let’s take a look at some examples: Example #1: Amazon Flex. Example #2: Airtasker. Example #2: Airtasker. It works like this: A poster, for example, needs someone to assemble furniture bought from Ikea. Other Examples.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Part Two offered examples where militaries get it right, and a number of examples where events did not transpire as well as they might. These articles might suggest to some that any attempts to devote time to addressing logistics readiness are likely to fail. I described the interplay between logistics and readiness.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

Magazine article) as a goliath looking to take on the entrenched "David" shipping industry. Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Example of the massive decrease in dock workers as a result of containerisation.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Part Two offered examples where militaries get it right, and a number of examples where events did not transpire as well as they might. These articles might suggest to some that any attempts to devote time to addressing logistics readiness are likely to fail. I described the interplay between logistics and readiness.

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Taking cover from the heat

Automotive Logistics

In July 2013, a ‘meteorologically extreme’ period of prolonged hot weather in central Europe left the region vulnerable to violent thunderstorms. Globally, extreme weather events are not uncommon, of course. It is not clear whether such extreme weather events are really becoming more frequent. billion ($3.25 Claims on the rise.

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Trucking Rates Looking to Increase: The Driving Factors & What You Can Do About It

GlobalTranz

Further, as JOC.com wrote in a recent article about the Wall Street Journal an alysis: At the moment, shippers at the NASSTRAC conference said capacity is more balanced than a year ago, in the aftermath of the disruptive polar vortex cycle of winter storms. billion manufacturer TriMas Corp. told the conference. . told the conference.