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A New Era in Transport Logistics with Big Data and Self-Driving Trucks

Logistics Viewpoints

This requires complete transparency across all steps and events along the entire supply chain. The resulting insights enable optimal transport and route management: Which routes within the distribution network should be utilized? Look at the big picture. How can the fill level of goods be optimized?

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Locus Listed as Representative Vendor in 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Tools

Locus

Speaking on the achievement, Nishith Rastogi, Founder and CEO, said, “Given the growing complexities in modern supply chains, more brands are now rethinking their distribution networks. There is also the question of rising uncertainty caused by unpredictable events on supply chain performance.

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A Better Way to Think About Integrated Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

And agility is about reacting quickly and hopefully effectively to the actual disruptive event. But the event might not be disruptive at all if you had planned for it. That variability might be in the areas of manufacturing, distribution, or transportation capacity. Something happens in your end-to-end supply chain.

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GreyOrange forms UK partnership with Logistex

Logistics Business Magazine

Logistex has a long-standing history of supporting UK supply chain operations with technical expertise, operational support and a range of other supply and distribution solutions, making them the perfect partner to help GreyOrange drive UK operations and sales,” said Jeff Cashman, Chief Operating Officer, GreyOrange.

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Managing Supply Chain Disruptions in the Middle East

Locus

Fluctuations in oil prices and oil supply disruptions are majorly caused by political events, supply pipeline issues or weather problems. For example: high or low product demand, excess inventory holding, product distribution. Being an unanticipated event, they found it very difficult to find alternate suppliers for their products.

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Save the planet by looking into space

Logistics Business Magazine

It’s well recognised that the country is ‘under-warehoused’, especially given the rapid and permanent rise in eCommerce with its demands for increasingly sophisticated distribution facilities. They may have outsourced some of their distribution to a 3PL’s network. That poses a problem, especially in the UK.

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Potential solution for drone collision avoidance

Logistics Business Magazine

Networking Casia G nodes provide unlimited coverage to protect critical infrastructure, regardless of size. HHLA Sky and Iris Automation are planning to host a closed demonstration event to showcase the integration of both technologies in the spring of 2022.