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Trends in Sustainability: Deglobalization will accelerate in 2024

Freightera

Freightera’s CEO, Eric Beckwitt Gives His Predictions on The Trends in Sustainability in 2024. Although interest rates are widely predicted to fall in 2024, and the freight recession may end, the multi-decade trend of moving manufacturing overseas, especially to China, may be largely over.

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Dissecting the Transformation: A Critical Examination of Logistics Education in Universities

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

In this blog, we critically examine the transformation of logistics education in higher institutions, comparing past, present, and future developments in this field. The present Presently, logistics education has shifted towards a more comprehensive and integrated approach. References Christopher, M. Pearson UK.

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The Impact of E-Trucks on Supply Chain and Logistics Planning

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However, their integration into logistics and supply chain operations presents both opportunities and challenges. This blog explores the multifaceted impact of e-trucks on supply chain and logistics planning. For instance, the Chinese government offered generous subsidies averaging $15,000 per vehicle in 2016 to encourage EV adoption.

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The State of Supply Chain Trends Part IV: Data Analysis, Wearables, and the Cloud

GlobalTranz

A common theme of the 2016 predictions was growth and scalability, so let’s look at how companies are using these technologies as we prepare for the innovations of 2017. Another driving force behind the increased use of cloud technology in 2016 was budgets. This needed degree of visibility is also present in the supply chain.

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The State of the Freight Broker Industry: Hundreds Leaving Soon?

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is a guest blog from our friends at Bryant Surety Bonds where they discuss the current, potentially fragile state of the freight broker industry. No, not only is the industry not declining, it is growing on a yearly basis, as you can see from My Carrier Resources's data presented in the graph below.

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The Port of Vancouver — What Drives Canada’s Busiest Gateway

Now, That's Logistics

On this blog nowthatslogistics, we ranked it the 7th busiest port in the Americas region (North and South America combined), based on 2016 numbers. to Canada’s GDP, according to a 2016 economic impact study [2]. to Canada’s GDP, according to a 2016 economic impact study [2]. But rapid growth presents its own challenges.

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Green Freight, Freight Electrification—Freightera’s notes from COP23

Freightera

We collaborated with Climate Change—The New Economy in London and Eric Beckwitt, Freightera’s CEO, wrote the Green Future for Freight thought leadership article for the 2016 G7 Summit. It’s great to see that freight electrification is a trend well beyond the COP23 Climate Conference discussions.

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