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2021 Logistics Outlook: Truckload Freight Market Forecast

GlobalTranz

The volatility of 2020 and the uncertainties looming into 2021 make it difficult to forecast planning and budgets based on historical data. To help shippers prepare, we will examine contributing factors that will play a significant role in the 2021 truckload freight market. The Truckload Capacity Crunch Will Continue Into 2021.

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Mercy for the World: An Overview of Hospital Ships

MTS Logistics

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, while I was jumping from one news feed to another, I saw an article about Mercy ships and the latest news about Global Mercy, which will be the world’s largest civilian hospital ship. She is still under construction in Xingang, China and she’s being planned to be ready in 2021.

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New ways to Conquer Supply Chain Complexity

Logistics Business Magazine

The portfolio includes approximately 12,000 products from the areas of veterinary drugs, animal feed and articles for medical practice. “Up The expanded logistics services, which include shipping, invoicing and returns management, will be available starting in 2021.

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Achieving Maturity in Risk Management Takes Years

Logistics Viewpoints

In the case of network-based risk management solutions, a network of users is connected to carefully curated real-time alerts generated by connections to a huge number of online publications, social media feeds, and third-party purchased data. One article claims it cost the auto industry hundreds of billions of dollars! Final Thoughts.

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Spotlight On: Robots In Distribution Centres

Logistics Bureau

This article, written by Mal Walker , Manager at Logistics Bureau, in the March/April 2019 issue of MHD Supply Chain Solutions. billion by the end of 2021. Manufacturers of robots can therefore expect unit shipments to increase from 40,000 in 2016, to 620,000 units annually by 2021 (reference: www.tractica.com).

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Six strategic challenges – global logistics integration and the state of professional discourse

Logistics in War

As described in part one, this article is an edited component of a larger paper has been divided into three parts, each of which contains two key issues relevant to Defence (strategic) logistics. Does the ADF Joint Logistics Enterprise Strategy (2016-2021) – ( ed. Management Science – 15 articles. Interface – 4 articles.

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

In one article , Mr. Sorenson points out that IBP works better for small manufacturers than large ones. Mr. Herrin came out of retirement in October of 2021 to join GEON. Dean Sorenson concurs. Mr. Sorenson has studied integrated business planning for many years. The company ships directly to customers and also to distributors.