Talking Logistics

MARCH 17, 2017

In the meantime, here’s this week’s supply chain and logistics news: Amazon Plans Air Cargo Service for Chinese Customers (WSJ – sub. According to an article in the paper this week, “[Amazon] is planning to offer its sellers in China the ability to fly their goods internationally as air cargo, according to an Amazon Logistics site.”

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Supply Chain Opz

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

7) David Simchi-Levi , Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Chairman at OPS Rules Management Consultants Global financial turmoil, rising labor costs in developing countries, and huge volatility in the price of oil and other commodities can disrupt a company''s entire supply chain and threaten its ability to compete.

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Enterra Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

It used to take two days to get cargo off the docks. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, writes, “Today, an estimated 90% of the world’s goods are transported by sea, with 60% of that — including virtually all your imported fruits, gadgets and appliances — packed in large steel containers.

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MIT Supply Chain

JANUARY 15, 2015

The other members of the consortium are the University of Massachusetts Medical School, which leads the current initiative, the Boston Children’s Hospital, Avenir Analytics, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Airlink, the NGO that provided the air transportation, collaborated with the ACCEL logistics team to secure cargo space.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Ocean Shipping Giant MSC Announces Air Cargo Service. Last week, ocean carrier MSC joined Maersk and CMA CGM in announcing the development of an MSC air cargo service. With air cargo service, MSC hopes to expand operations into key lanes and various industries that typically require multimodal transportation. .

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 12, 2023

DHL Supply Chain to Acquire an Additional 5,000 Locus Autonomous Robots European based logistics services provider DHL Supply Chain announced the expansion of partnership with Massachusetts based Locus Robotics , a provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), increasing its use of Locus AMR robotics within its supply chain operations.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Leading providers, such as Telogis and Fleetmatics, are forging partnerships with commercial vehicle manufacturers — e.g., truck cabs, box trucks and cargo vans. In fact, Uber is currently facing a class action suit in Massachusetts by drivers claiming that they are actually employees.

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RFgen

AUGUST 14, 2017

In 2014, Massachusetts resident Pierre Picone pleaded guilty to selling counterfeit integrated circuits (IC) to the U.S. The SASC “discovered counterfeit electronic parts from China in the Air Force’s largest cargo plane, in assemblies intended for Special Operations helicopters, and in a Navy surveillance plane.”

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MIT Supply Chain

AUGUST 28, 2014

Normally this means airport-to-airport delivery within three to five days with UPS acting as a “freight forwarder” to transport the goods using space available on commercial (passenger) airlines or dedicated cargo flights to the destination. Clearly this constrains the ability for the international humanitarian community to send aid workers.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Notable appointments include work in the federal government as Attorney-Advisor (International Affairs) in the Office of the General Counsel at the Federal Maritime Commission and work at a public port authority as Maritime Project Manager for the Port of Boston at the Massachusetts Port Authority. Learn More About Solving The Port Problem.

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Stord

APRIL 26, 2022

In terms of reshoring, New Balance recently opened a North American manufacturing facility in Massachusetts, and Intel will invest $20 billion in building two new chip factories in Ohio. Sellers, like Home Depot and Walmart , are chartering their own cargo ships to ensure freight capacity for their products. As the U.S.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Content Summary: Established in 1925, Burris Logistics operates an expanding network of temperature-controlled warehousing and distribution centers from Florida to Massachusetts. workspace://SpacesStore/877d10d6-6e49-46bc-8a32-230c485ea6f6. 2016 revenues: $3.62 2016 revenues: $6.09 Printer-friendly version.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 5, 2022

Cargo begins clogging Port of Los Angeles amid railroad worker shortage. As a result, cargo is clogging the ports of Los Angeles amid a railroad worker shortage. And now on to this week’s logistics news: Amazon launches same-day delivery from brick-and-mortar retail brands. FedEx agrees to buy 10% stake in Berkshire Grey.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 12, 2024

Retailers and manufacturers are flying more goods around the shipping crisis in the Red Sea , industry experts say, helping boost international airfreight operators after a long period of sagging cargo volumes. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Now 27 ships navigate the Panama Canal each day, compared with 39 previously.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 2, 2022

The goods movement chain is almost entirely privately operated and spans shipping lines, ports, terminal operators, truckers, railroads, warehouses, and cargo owners such as retailers. These different actors have made great strides in digitizing their own internal operations, but they do not always exchange information with each other.

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2025

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