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Walmart in a World on Fire

Logistics Viewpoints

One of the companies she holds up as a positive example of a big company addressing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is Walmart. A few years ago, for example, my oldest child explained to me that Walmart was a malignant force. Rebecca Henerson’s formula for fixing capitalism was a business best seller.

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Continuous Warehouse Optimization and The DC Technology Gap

Logistics Viewpoints

Distribution is no longer a backwater of the economy, due in large part to the upheavals brought on by ecommerce. For companies across industries, transforming existing DCs and narrowing this technology gap is key to competitive advantage in a changing economy. For existing DCs, ecommerce has also added complexity to their operations.

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GXO Direct to Use AI To Drive Labor Efficiencies

Logistics Viewpoints

Steve Lewis, the president of GXO Direct, the shared services division of GXO Logistics, spoke at Blue Yonder’s ICON user conference. Afterwards, Mr. Lewis spoke in more detail to industry analysts. The company generates $9 billion annually and serves customers across a breadth of industries.

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ecommerce Transforming Express Courier Services

Logistics Business Magazine

Online to inflight, ecommerce is transforming international express courier services, writes Matthew Ware, CEO at CFL , Chairman at Aviation Services UK. It is widely believed that Sting’s “Ten Summoner’s Tales” was, in 1979, the first ever item purchased online – marking the birth of ecommerce.

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IGD Supply Chain Summit 2021

Logistics Business Magazine

More than ever, supply chains are determining who wins in the food and grocery industry. Digitally transformed: As he push to a more ‘hands-off’ environment will increase the need to find insights in data to identify risk, find efficiencies and add value, explore examples of the digitalisation and automation of supply chain activities. •

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Supply Chain & Logistics News Roundup, October 2022

Logistics Bureau

In this, our second quarterly roundup, we’re revealing the following supply chain issues and events making news in industry media and beyond: The growing adoption of digital twin technology in the supply chain. In his conference comments, Salles said “Over the past few years, different crises have shown the importance of S&OP.

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Digital and Sustainable Focus for SIL Barcelona

Logistics Business Magazine

The SIL, eDelivery Barcelona, World Free Zones Congress and InTrade Summit BCN Congresses will gather more than 400 international speakers, more than 200 success stories and a total of 65 different conference sessions. Industry: ready for digitalization & sustainability challenges” is the title of this year’s SIL Congress.

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