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Intermodal Europe is back – and it’s live!

Logistics Business Magazine

Intermodal’s group director, Rob Fisher, commented: “Nothing compares with the power of face-to-face meetings and the opportunity to engage with product demonstrations and industry experts that a ‘live’, in-person event provides.

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5th-generation energy for 5th-generation air power

Logistics in War

Editorial Note: On 11 April 2019, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation is holding a seminar examining high-intensity operations and sustaining self-reliance. In support of the seminar, The Central Blue and Logistics in War will be publishing a series of articles.

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How Data Can Improve Last-Mile Delivery

Shipchain

Below is an overview of the benefits of data as well as examples of how it has helped companies with their final-mile distribution. But when managers can make adjustments, such as finding ways to alter delivery routes, they can meet rising costs. Examples of Data Improving Last-Mile Delivery.

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Calor showcases alternative fuel offering at Expo

247 Customs Broker

Calor will be exhibiting at this year’s Freight in the City Expo, promoting its alternative fuel offering for freight operators looking to meet the ambitions of the government’s recently launched Road to Zero strategy. A renewable solution created from ethically sourced feedstocks, BioLPG is chemically identical to LPG.

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10 Proven Principles for Best Warehouse Design and Operation

Logistics Bureau

Inventory control is about having the right amount of stock to meet customer demand. Sometimes the volume stays the same but the SKUs increase, as highlighted by the following example. The Beer-on-Tap Example : In the old days, when you went into a pub you would have four or five beers on tap. 4) Inventory Control.

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Industry View: See the Technology Reshaping Warehousing at IMHX 2019

Logistics Business Magazine

Dematic’s suite of high-intelligence iQ software, for example, ranges from a top-level Warehouse Management System, through Warehouse Execution and Control Software to a cloud-based Asset Performance Management platform which offers live-updates on KPIs across multiple distribution sites.

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Initiating a new national support approach – mobilising national logistics in the support of military operations

Logistics in War

Well-rehearsed mechanisms would be established that would assess the ability of the national support base to mobilise to meet the need, and plans developed to enable this to occur. For example, the US national security community uses the term ‘defense technology and industrial base’. [6] 1] Beaumont, D., 2] Beaumont, D., 3] Marles, R.,