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This Week in Logistics News (July 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said it was essential to prevent Tokyo, where the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant was spreading, from becoming the source of another wave of infections. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Amazon plans to build delivery robot tech in Finland. Descartes acquires GreenMile.

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Finn-Tack implements inventory and demand management solution

Supply Chain Movement

Finn-Tack, with an international customer base with growing global demand, has two production plants in China, and the Ukraine, manufacturing riding equipment and clothing. It also has a further four warehouses in The Netherlands, North America, Russia, and in Finland.

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New download: SCM Map Europe 2014-2015

Supply Chain Movement

But the world of logistics has not changed radically compared with last year,” says Patrick Haex from Buck Consultants. In The Netherlands, cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris is closing its factory in Bergen op Zoom and AkzoNobel has decided to phase out its production of organic peroxides in Deventer by the end of 2016.

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The Key Coffee Industry Trends For 2021 & Beyond

Unleashed

Europe is the seat of coffee’s power across the world, although the UK itself only makes up a small portion of this market (compared to the likes of Finland, where consumers drink about four times as much coffee as the UK). Sources used in our figures above: IBIS World, Statista, Mordor Intelligence. Source: Statista.

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Speed Bumps on the Road to Growth for China’s 3PLs

MIT Supply Chain

Good transportation links a logistics strength in China. China’s logistics industry is gaining in importance and developing rapidly to support the nation’s manufacturing sector. The key strengths of the logistics industry in China that emerged from the study include good transportation connectivity and new infrastructure.

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Major organisational and cultural changes lie ahead for SCM

Supply Chain Movement

The trends of increasing urbanisation and digitisation were covered extensively several times during the Logy Conference in Helsinki, Finland. Logistics is in the digitisation hotspot, such as in the case of 3D printing which is creating a new and different type of need for raw materials. By Martijn Lofvers and Marieke Lenstra.

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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC defines the warehouse automation market according to a number of qualifications and dimensions to deliver a well-defined measure, with numerous segmentations, allowing those that purchase the research to understand what is being measured, and to easily extrapolate the findings to support their strategic planning needs.