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Acing the drone obstacle course

World Food Programme Logistics

They are now out of their chairs and onto the green, where they will spend 90% of the course time. The buzz of only four drones, like a swarm of flies, drifts into the conference room. They were supportive, so on the second day, I was full of confidence and completed the obstacle course by myself,” she says.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

The jobs reduction will save $1 billion this year, Tomé said on an earnings conference call with analysts on Tuesday. cities over the course of the year, bringing the total number to 110. percent of returns, or $101 billion worth, were fraudulent last year, according to a survey by Appriss Retail and the National Retail Federation.

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Mexico conference: Uncertainty well-balanced with optimism

Automotive Logistics

While a degree of uncertainty over the future of free trade between Mexico and its Nafta neighbours to the north once again hung over discussions at this year’s Automotive Logistics Mexico conference, it was more than matched by confidence in the future of the automotive sector.

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FedEx CIO Attests to Data-Driven Strategies in Pandemic Times

IoT World Today

In the recent fireside chat between Rob Carter, CIO and executive vice president of FedEx, and Brian Gillooly of Informa at the Interop 2020 conference, Carter discussed the role of technology in mitigating the effects of the pandemic. To achieve long-term growth and flexibility, FedEx has long been revamping its legacy IT infrastructure.

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Internet Coping with COVID-19 Havoc, but Online Orders Taking Strain

Logistics Bureau

Surging use of cloud-based video services such as Zoom and Cisco WebEx for business conference calls. Whether business systems are weathering the storm is of course of primary concern to supply chain managers, especially at a time like this, when stress-testing all links in the chain can facilitate shrewd business continuity decisions.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

The American and Canadian militaries believe that the balloon was for surveillance, while the Chinese government said it was a civilian meteorological research airship that had blown off course. In its January survey of grocery executives and consumers, Grocery Doppio, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based

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Supply Chain Holds Exciting Work and Strong Potential for Young Professionals

Penske Move Ahead

The majority of respondents taking part in the 2019 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals/Penske Logistics Young Professionals Survey, which surveyed more than 100 supply chain professionals under age 30, said they enjoy working in the supply chain and that it makes them content.