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This Week in Logistics News (June 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. May air cargo volumes rise amid global disruption Freight market pressured again in May, Cass data shows General Motors (GM) is accelerating sustainability efforts in its supply chain, focusing on logistics, materials, packaging, and supplier engagement. percent, which is up from 5.7

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Doing Business in the Netherlands

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The Netherlands is a modern and highly industrialized country located in Western Europe. The Netherlands was one of the founding countries of both the EU and NATO, showing that it is a nation of progressive and forward-thinking people. The Netherlands is the seventh largest economy in the EU. Manufacturing in the Netherlands.

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The growing battle for space in logistics

Supply Chain Movement

Discussions such as those now unfolding in the Netherlands and parts of the USA show that we actually do need to factor space into our decisions. However, the amount of space taken up by all these non-moving goods has not been a consideration in supply chain design. For many years, we have assumed that space is more or less unlimited.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 28 – December 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Schiphol airport gears up for chilled vaccine cargos. As the world prepares for the vaccine, Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands says it is ready. The KLM Cargo warehouse at Schiphol has four cold storage areas for pharmaceuticals and a fifth will be ready in January.

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Measuring Transportation Vehicle Utilization: The KPIs

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In the fast-paced world of logistics, efficient transportation is paramount. Space utilization, or vehicle fill, is a critical metric that can be measured in various ways: Pallet numbers and height: While common, this method can be misleading depending on cargo density. Freight Transport in the Netherlands.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. So three months after an executive meeting on June 23rd , an updated strategy was released, tracking a radical shift into a slimmer Maersk, focused on providing end-to-end logistics services.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

It was a relatively quiet week for supply chain and logistics news, with robots and weak freight demand dominating the headlines. Air cargo firms feel the pressure from plunge in freight prices (Reuters). Heavy-Duty Truck Orders Fall to Lowest Since 2010 (WSJ – sub. retailers, and half of the top 100 Internet retailers.