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What Do You Mean By Supply Chain Visibility?

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC Advisory Group did a study on the supply chain collaboration network (SCCN) a couple of years ago. ARC considers real-time visibility solutions, like the one from FourKites, one type of SCCN solution. ARC considers real-time visibility solutions, like the one from FourKites, one type of SCCN solution.

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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

If you thought it was difficult to find good drivers before the 2020 pandemic, try finding drivers of any caliber afterwards. Could the obvious solution be that curious notion of driverless vehicles? For instance, a bot never needs to take a mandatory break after 10 hours on the road or pass a drug test.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

The prescriptions are offered via Amazon’s online pharmacy service, which launched in 2020. In the early morning hours of April 26, at approximately 1:35am, a cargo ship leaving Baltimore Harbor struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, triggering a catastrophic collapse of the 1.6-mile-long mile-long span. An estimated 11.5

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project44 Acquires Ocean Insights

Logistics Business Magazine

project44 , a global leader in supply chain visibility, has announced it has acquired Ocean Insights , solutions provider for ocean freight intelligence. Since March 2020, freight rates increased by as much as 174% due to the increased global demand for electronics, PPE goods and stay-at-home consumer products.

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Avis Budget Group CEO Aims to Reinvent Car Rental Industry

IoT World Today

Larry De Shon, president and chief executive officer of Avis Budget Group, which owns Avis Car Rental, Budget Car Rental and car-sharing firm Zipcar, among others, has a fresh perspective on the car rental industry. ( Avis Budget Group is a finalist in the IoT World Awards for Best Enterprise IoT Deployment.)

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Over 75% of Freight Market Reprioritizes Budgets Due to Pandemic

Women in Trucking

The data sheds a light on the degree of disruption and to what initiatives dollars are being reallocated. As you dive into the report and learn how you can best optimize your plans for the road ahead, don’t hesitate to contact their team of experts for assistance via info@ddcfpo.com.

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The State of Digital Freight: The 4×4 Blueprint for Freight 2020

Freightos

As we enter a new year, it’s a great time to look back at how far we’ve come as an industry, set our next goalposts, and map out where we should be as an industry by 2020. But the road to true digitization is long and winding. Amazon is coming. Let’s not wait for them. Let’s modernize on our own terms. Customer Experience.

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