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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

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The recently released National Retail Security Survey shows that total shrink in 2021 reported by retailers is now almost a $100 billion problem. The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. The nationwide vacancy rate for industrial real estate was 3.2

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Industry 4.0: Building the right skills to meet the factory of the future

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It does present a training requirement, the need for new skills for industry 4.0 Together they conceived the Unimate, the very first industrial robot. Of course, robotics does not tell the full story, as the world of manufacturing has evolved even further over the last few decades, with the rise of data and smart, autonomous systems.

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How Southeast Asian manufacturers can use ERP to realign the supply chain

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Of course, the pandemic then hit global shores, not to mention the ripple effects of global trade wars. To enable SEA manufacturers and distributors, governments are implementing policies, collaborating regionally, and leveraging the potential of Industry 4.0. Top leadership support for Industry 4.0. Digital skills gap.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 22 – 27)

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An Amazon executive described the launch of Amazon Air as a “huge step forward for the aviation industry,” without explaining how. The company announced that it is expanding its associate-to-driver program so that any Walmart worker at 439 store locations nationwide can become a truck driver after completing a 12-week course.

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What does Corporate Social Responsibility Really Mean?

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Companies have to pursue profits of course, (how else will they stay in business?) A recent survey by Deloitte reveals that business leaders overwhelmingly (93 percent) believe that companies are not merely employers, but are also stewards of society. A Reputation Institute survey found that 91.4% You get the idea.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15 – 21)

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This of course was an April Fool’s Day intro referencing Terminator 2. The initiative supports Nestle’s plan to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, starting with the goal of sourcing 20 percent of ingredients from regenerative farmland by 2025 and 50 percent of ingredients from the same by 2030.

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MIT’s Sheffi on Supply Chain Sustainability

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And of course most can’t. Of course, consumer brand companies are especially at risk from being tarred with an anti-sustainability brush. Of course we all need to up our game. I am referencing to the comment that leasing of warehousing equipment (beyond forklift trucks) is a vision for 2030.