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The New Definition of Supply Chain Agility and Resilience in an Unpredictable World

Logistics Viewpoints

The definition of agility and resilience will continue to evolve. The creation of a new digital ecosystem has enabled these and other changes that will shape the definition of supply chain agility and resilience in the 2020s and beyond. There are Also Commercial Reasons. The Road to Agility and Resilience.

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The Definition of Transparency

Blue Grace Logistics

As it is with most problems there is a lack of a clear and concise definition, according to an MIT study which conducted a survey of the apparel industry only to find wildly different results. The study showed that consumers place a higher value in a company that can prove the ethical treatment of their workers.

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Case Study: Mitsubishi EDiA Electric Forklift On a Roll

Logistics Business Magazine

Killian Bartlett, Warehouse Manager at ESP says: “In the past we used LPG models but were aware of issues with emissions and the smell of gas when working indoors, so required an alternative that would do the job whilst benefitting the environment as well as our workforce.”. Forklifts are also employed in the warehouse on ESP’s site.

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Machine Learning for Transportation Execution and Visibility

Logistics Viewpoints

This will be an update on a study Steve Banker did a few years ago, which looked mostly at the execution space, and how the Uber for Freight model was disrupting the market. I am kicking off some new research on the Transportation Execution and Visibility Systems market in the next week or so.

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Case Study: When You Want to Go Up, Not Out

Logistics Business Magazine

John Lawson came across the C4000 at a trade show in 1999 and saw its potential for space saving operation and its ability to replace a combination of counterbalance and sideloader models, which are much less manoeuvrable, particularly when handling long products in tight spaces. m means we can optimise space and cope with growth.”.

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UgoWork makes senior appointment

Logistics Business Magazine

After studying at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, he worked in several management positions at ProLift Industrial Equipment, an official full-service and material handling dealership for Toyota. His background and rigor will definitely help our entire team achieve the very ambitious expansion goals we have set for the company.”.

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Artificial Intelligence in Logistics: Current Status & Opportunities

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

In a study by INFORM and Logistik today , experts from various logistics disciplines see the most important areas of application for ML in demand forecasting and sales planning, transport optimization (e.g., AI and ML offer the possibility to data streams in one model and thus discover facts and dependencies.