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Amazon and Anticipatory Shipping: Revisiting This Highly Publicized 2013 Patent Ten Years Later

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But specificity is sufficient to perform a majority of the routing to the likely final destination (for example, a portion of a postal code such as the three most significant digits). Furthermore, late select addressing has similarities to a postponement strategy in the semiconductor wafer fabrication process.

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Sustainability Strategy with Climate Tech

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In NX Group’s pursuit of reducing its CO₂ emissions by 50 percent by 2030 as compared to 2013 (Scope1,2), the parent company, Nippon Express Holdings Inc., As a result, NX Europe is now able to implement customized local reduction strategies in alignment with SBT.

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Editor’s Choice: 4 Factors to Determine if Self-Distribution is a Viable Alternative for your Health System

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The challenges brought about by the pandemic made many rethink strategy when it came to inventory, stock on hand, secondary options and the ability to guarantee supply and resiliency. Self-distribution is an increasingly popular option for healthcare systems to consider when deciding how to manage their supply chain.

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4 Important Benefits of a Sustainable Reverse Logistics Strategy

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However, one of the most important aspects of supply chain strategies is often overlooked: the reverse supply chain (also referred to as reverse logistics ). A reverse logistics strategy provides a path for removing the existing equipment to make way for the next era of equipment in the case of end of life products or new upgrdes.

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Why Companies Need a Supplier Relationship Management Strategy

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A vigorous supplier relationship management (SRM) strategy can assist organizations in maximizing partnership value, minimize risk, and manage costs through the entire supplier relationship lifecycle. In 2013 B2C e-commerce sales accounted for more than 1.2 Foster partnerships based on trust. trillion US dollars.

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IMO Pushes on Emissions Targets for Shippers, But Some See Unrealistic Goals

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For example, just this week, India suggested that the IMO agree to push a “more realistic” goal of requiring 5% of marine fuels used to be carbon-neutral by 2030. The IMO introduced the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) in 2013, which sets mandatory energy efficiency standards for new ships. and other world leaders.

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Thoughts on Retailers Buying XPO Logistics and What The Right Strategy Should Be

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Build the transportation assets yourself - i.e., Amazon's acquisition of planes and doing "power only" where Amazon owns the trailers, are examples of this. The problem with this strategy is the "crunch" is with the power not with the trailer. For example, the final mile portion of XPO was created by XPO acquiring a company called 3PD.