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Multimodal Impact on Sustainability

Logistics Business Magazine

Multimodal transit, by definition, involves optimized usage of every possible mode of transportation to reduce overall shipping costs and also ensure a large quantity of product movement. Here are a few essential pointers underlining multimodal transportation’s impact on scale and operational value.

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5 Paths to Better Supply Chain Visibility

Now, That's Logistics

By putting data into the hands of the companies, business partners, and customers that want it, supply chain visibility helps all stakeholders track products from the point of manufacture to the final destination—and all points in between. 5 Good Supply Chain Visibility Strategies. Add a transportation visibility platform to your tech stack.

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Intelligent Automation, the Future of Supply Chain. Is the Logistics Industry Ready?

Blue Grace Logistics

For this, IBM and NRF surveyed 1,900 retail and consumer products company executives across 23 countries. It found that of all the respondents surveyed, around 85 percent from the retail sector and 79 percent from the consumer products sector “plan to use intelligent automation for supply chain planning by 2021”. Definitely not.

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Stuck on the wrong side of the world but still needing to deliver food to people in Ethiopia 5,000…

World Food Programme Logistics

My job entails the day-to-day running of the office, coordinating with UNHCR, nutrition partners, government counterparts, and overseeing a variety of operations like food distributions for refugees and livelihood assistance like crop production, livestock, fisheries, backyard gardening, bee keeping and banana cultivation.

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The Logistics Industry Never Shuts Down

Logistics Manager

As the coronavirus continues to spread, many countries around the globe have placed strict new regulations on their citizens, in which anyone who is not considered to be a ‘key worker’ must remain at home, unless they are traveling to the shop for necessities, exercise, caring for vulnerable people, or have medical needs.

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The Logistics Industry Never Shuts Down

Airfreight Logistics

As the coronavirus continues to spread, many countries around the globe have placed strict new regulations on their citizens, in which anyone who is not considered to be a ‘key worker’ must remain at home, unless they are traveling to the shop for necessities, exercise, caring for vulnerable people, or have medical needs.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

The definition above is not from any textbook, but is one that I am sure you will agree, describes a state of affairs that any corporate leader or business owner would be happy to attain. . Of the business leaders participating in that survey, more than 50% considered supply chain to be a standalone business operating function.