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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. YouTube has reduced the default streaming quality of videos for users worldwide in a bid to limit the strain on global Internet providers. Stuck-at-home online gamers testing the limits of available bandwidth.

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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 Retailers in the U.S.

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How Corona has Changed Shopping Behaviour

Forto

But shopping online proved difficult for many German customers — a good 70% of those surveyed reported unsatisfactory search results and shortcomings in product descriptions, among other things. This is because six out of ten consumers surveyed want to maintain their changed shopping behavior and order online more often.

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World Refugee Day: Cooking up a storm on a WFP-project in Turkey

World Food Programme Logistics

“After the confirmation of the first coronavirus case in Turkey and school closures in March, we quickly adapted by switching to face-to-face classes to online training through a dedicated YouTube channel , including Arabic subtitles in the videos. Of course not. As a result, I build on what I have already learned at the university”.

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Here’s Why Image of Manufacturing as Boring, Dirty, and Tedious is Drastically Changing

GlobalTranz

They also put out this fantastic video about Millennials' thoughts on the image of manufacturing. . Additionally, 81 percent of students who participated in Manufacturing Day 2015 who were surveyed showed an increased interest in pursuing a manufacturing career.

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Will Logistics Technology Take My Job?

Freightos

Of course, logistics is far from immune. DOWNLOAD SURVEY. Video Killed The Radio Star But Podcasting Brought him Back. Will Logistics Technology Take My Job? By John Edmonds, Research & Marketing, Freightos. Who hasn’t asked themselves whether technology is threatening their job? It’s not only the manual jobs.

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What is the Hyperconnected Era & “The Internet Of Things” and What does it Have to Do with Manufacturing & Logistics?

GlobalTranz

IBM’s Smarter Planet team created a 5-minute video that wholly explains Internet of Things and provides a brilliant example. Watch the video for more details, or you can just read Pocket-lint’s paraphrased summary below. What is an Example of Internet of Things? According to Gartner, Inc., According to Gartner, Inc.,