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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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Managing Supply Chain Disruptions in the Middle East

Locus

Presently, their major focus lies on local production, warehousing and strategic sourcing. 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.

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Decarbonise UK Freight Transport Sector

Logistics Business Magazine

Operating over three years, the UK Research & Innovation funded DUKFT Network, a collection of over forty academic, policy and industry organisation, undertook six research projects and two stakeholder events exploring how to mobilise investment that can enable UK freight decarbonisation whilst managing risk and maximising opportunity.

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Blockchain Will Solve, Save, Cure Everything

Talking Logistics

The IBM-Maersk joint venture, for example, aims to “digitize the global supply chain from end-to-end,” creating a “shipping information pipeline [that] will provide end-to-end supply chain visibility to enable all actors involved in managing a supply chain to securely and seamlessly exchange information about shipment events in real time.”.

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Now or Never: Why Supply Chain Sustainability is Non-Negotiable in 2022

Locus

Decarbonization, which means reducing the amount of carbon in greenhouse gas emissions, can help in improving our present condition. A series of unfortunate events. Route Optimization. Day-to-day logistics involve route planning and executing innumerable deliveries on time.

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CSCMP State of Logistics Report Update: 3PLs, Shippers Navigate a Rebalancing of Supply and Demand

Penske Move Ahead

Presented by Penske Logistics , the report debuted in June 2022 at the National Press Club. Transportation costs—driven by increases in all modes and nodes—were up by 21.7%. Visibility is a critical tool that can improve long-term resiliency and enhance shippers’ and 3PLs’ ability to adapt to unexpected demands and events.

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Why Blockchain is a Game Changer for Supply Chain Management Transparency

The Logistics Academy

Blockchain is a distributed database that holds records of digital data or events in a way that makes them tamper-resistant. If blockchain technology allows us to more securely and transparently track all types of transactions, imagine the possibilities it presents across the supply chain. What is Blockchain?