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Meet the loggies: the women at the centre of emergency logistics

World Food Programme Logistics

To mark International Women’s Day, six people who help make emergency responses happen say what makes them tick International Women’s Day on Sunday 8 March provides an opportunity to highlight the vital role of women in helping achieve zero hunger. Katja Hildebrand Logistics Cluster Coordinator, Central African Republic Katja Hildebrand.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Selecting & Managing Logistics Companies & Emerging Logistics Tech Trends

GlobalTranz

The rationale for outsourcing certain manufacturing and supply chain processes, such as transportation management, fulfillment, and more to logistics companies is evident and clear. Recently, the Global Supply Chain Institute published a guide, “ Selecting and Managing a Third-Party Logistics Provider.” Conduct an Internal Assessment.

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Loop Integrated Solutions – When the Fortune 500 Meets the Indianapolis 500?

Envase Technologies

For Loop Integrated Solutions, an asset-based logistics business located just 30-minutes from the famed Indianapolis 500 — the loop of continuous improvement is at the core of their early business success. It was Fortune 500 meets the Indianapolis 500, and Loop Integrated Solutions has stepped on the pedal without looking back.

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Top 15 Logistics Blog Posts of 2014

GlobalTranz

We continue our top blog posts of 2014 from our main categories today by focusing on something at Cerasis we are experts in : Logistics. If you are familiar with the term logistics, then you undoubtedly know it conjures up a different meaning to different people , different countries, and different companies even. Read the full Post.

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Logistics Technologies: 4 Benefits of RFID, AIDC, and IoT Based Technologies to Shippers

GlobalTranz

The supply chain is playing host to emerging logistics technologies and modern marvels of an industrialized society. Competition is undoubtedly one of the prime factors in the increasing use of these connected, communicative logistics technologies in technology. 4 Benefits of Using These Logistics Technologies.

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Automotive Logistics

Vehicle-makers will have to publish WLTP-measured fuel consumption figures for all new vehicles from January 1 2019 and will be required to meet stringent new CO 2 emissions targets 12 months later. Industry analyst IHS Markit says carmakers failing to meet the 2021 targets could be fined more than €14 billion ($16.1

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Emergency response: Weathering the storms

Automotive Logistics

A volatile 2017 hurricane season saw successive storms hit the US south-east and the Caribbean , counting at least 500,000 vehicles in the US alone among its many damages and leading to emergency planning once again gaining a greater level of prominence within the finished vehicle supply chain. An evolving approach .