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Holiday supply chains – did Santa get the gifts out on time?

Turvo

Experts warned that global supply chain issues could cause extended production delays, and shipping might rumble, slowing package deliveries to millions of Americans in the weeks and days leading to Christmas. Santa was worried that this increase in e-commerce would further strain an already strained supply chain.

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Top 25 Supply Chains of 2018

Material Handling and Logistics

Our look at the Top 25 (plus 4) Supply Chains of 2018 examines how the best companies in the world excel at managing their global supply chains. One of the most popular articles we’ve ever done is our look at analyst group Gartner’s annual ranking of the Top 25 Supply Chains.

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Overcoming The Current Supply Chain Labor Shortage

ShipLilly

A Wall Street Journal article in April indicated that storage and warehouse operators had hired 8200 people in the previous month. These workers would be deployed in its order fulfillment and package delivery departments. Tom Derry of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) calls for a positive attitude to the labor market.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling and Logistics

the supply chain. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' annual State of Logistics report attempts to offer just such a map -- accompanied by some timely warnings. But many people are not aware that last-mile deliveries are also handled by thousands of small local and regional package delivery firms.

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The Logistics News that Shaped 2018

247 Customs Broker

By Michael Levans, Group Editorial Director ·. Every year at this time, group news editor Jeff Berman combs through the mountain of news that were reported, written, posted by the Logistics Management editorial staff over the course of the year to create the following list. Michael Levans, Group Editorial Director. All Topics.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 4-8, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Robinson , Descartes Systems Group , and Elemica — and the many friends and family members who have already donated for your generous support. Now, let’s move on to this week’s supply chain and logistics news…. UPS plan to hire delivery drivers using personal vehicles riles union (WDRB).

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This Week in Logistics News (June 25-29, 2018)

Talking Logistics

And now, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Wanted: Hundreds of Entrepreneurs to Start Businesses Delivering Amazon Packages. Walmart-Led Blockchain Effort Seeks Farm-to-Grocery-Aisle View of Food Supply Chain (WSJ – sub. Startups to Deliver Packages for Amazon.