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Digital twins help postal and logistics companies plan for the future

Logistics Business Magazine

Consequently, companies are looking for tools to mitigate uncertainty and assist in contingency planning. By feeding real-world data into bespoke mathematic models that accurately reflect operations, owners of a digital twin can simulate how changing parameters can affect their business.

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How 5G Could Benefit Logistics Industry

Logistics Business Magazine

With logistics and transport among the primary target sectors for 5G-enabled technology, what are the key benefits 5G could bring? Not only does this include their product inventory, but it can also include delivery vans and lorries, on-site forklifts, and other essential tools needed in day-to-day operations.

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Going Beyond Just IoT GPS: A Cookbook for Mobile IoT Applications

IoT World Today

In other forms of IoT, it’s common for enterprises to acquire IoT as a packaged system that includes IoT devices, controllers, software, and even vertical-market-specific tools, instruments, and vehicles. Check to ensure that your selected wireless technology meets regulatory requirements for the type(s) of transportation you expect to use.

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Logistics Contractors and strategic logistics advantage in US military operations

Logistics in War

According to doctrine and policy, the types of services commonly contracted to private businesses include base operations support (such as billeting, food service, and laundry services), transportation, port operations, terminal operations, warehousing, facilities construction, facilities management, energy services, and materiel maintenance. [iv]

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

So, wish me luck in securing authentic University Blue Jordan IVs. The responsibility for container safety is shared across the supply chain, with solutions for safer container transport including proper packing, stowage, and securing of containers, and reporting of correct weight. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Distribution, not supply, is creating global food insecurity

Logistics Business Magazine

The root cause is a broken system of distribution that fails to match demand effectively with supply – with devastating consequences for global food security, writes Justin Floyd (pictured), CEO of open commerce platform, RedCloud Technology. By 2050 the world will need to feed two billion more people. In pursuit of Open Commerce.

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The unspoken risk that’s hitting businesses. Hard

Logistics Business Magazine

They fill up social media feeds in a way that’s more often seen after an awkward reaction at an awards show or a celebrity autobiography is released. But as a collaborative tool, the platform acts as its own ecosystem; the more users on the tech, the more data points, the more sophisticated its outputs. The situation occurs.