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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

Market demand for inventory picking robots in warehouses is poised to leap from less than 2,000 annual shipments in 2022 to just above 50,000 per year by the end of the decade, according to a report from Interact Analysis. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking U.S. Warehousing and storage employment fell to 1.91 million workers.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

It’s taking semiconductor firms more than twice as long as their peers in other industries to hire personnel such as technicians or mechanical engineers, with the typical process stretching to about three months, according to an analysis of the top 50 chip producers in the US by Revelio Labs, a labor-market data analyst.

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World’s Top Green Businesses Revealed

Material Handling and Logistics

As leaders gather at the of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos for a week of high-level discussions on the future of the global economy, the CDP group released its annual rankings of the top green businesses. CDP's rankings score the thousands of companies which disclose to the organization on their environmental action.

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Support for 2050 Climate Goals Increases in Shipping Industry

MTS Logistics

The group said in a statement this latest vote coming out of London represents a “dwindling opposition” when compared to the 24 nations opposed to the plan in May of 2022. Pushes to clean up the sector are not regulated by the Paris Climate Accord and have largely been left out of individual climate plans issued by most countries.

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Global 3PL Wins Ratings Agency Gold Recognition for CSR Activity

Logistics Business Magazine

GEODIS group has therefore continued its upward progression, compared to the previous year, with the overall grade of 70/100 (two points higher than in 2017). Furthermore, the EcoVadis analysis shows that the average grade for evaluated businesses within the logistics sector to be 45/100.

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Top 10 Logistics Trends That Could Impact Supply Chains in 2022

Locus

Demand for last-mile delivery is soaring and is expected to grow by 78% globally by 2030.- Technavio, Last Mile Delivery Market in North America by Service and Geography – Forecast and Analysis 2021-2025, Jan 2021. The driver shortage in the US could surpass 160,000 in 2030 and it was estimated to be around 80,000 this 2021.

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Why Taxing Automation is a Bad Idea

Talking Logistics

A detailed report on automation released in late November by global management consultancy McKinsey & Company made the bold prediction that “ Automation could kill 73,000,000 US jobs by 2030.” This analysis is consistent with our research at Kenco Innovation Labs – automation is not about eliminating people.