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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. Amazon plans to build delivery robot tech in Finland. As a result, the Olympics will take place without spectators. Descartes acquires GreenMile.

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Charge Me Up! Energy Storage Development – A Fast Emerging Technology Needed for Sustainability

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Fossil fuel proponents like to claim that oil and coal are the only “rainy day” energy source out there. BBC reported recently on how this was being applied in Finland for storing wind and solar power in a community using 100 tons of low-grade sand and a giant, silo looking storage building. MORE FROM THIS EDITION. Charge Me Up!

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Thoughts on Making Money with Bitcoin!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. Some people think that he is actually a group of people working together to create Bitcoin, while others believe that he is a computer programmer from Finland named Vili Lehdonvirta. Originally written for Supply Chain Game Changer and published on March 16, 2022.

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ABB’s Daniel Helmig: “We are moving to virtual centres of expertise”

Supply Chain Movement

Daniel Helmig, head of ABB’s Supply Chain management, is currently busy implementing supply chain transformation throughout the company’s 450 plants and many project sites as the company consolidates back end processes and establishes ten global transportation management centres. What are your responsibilities? “I

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The Key Coffee Industry Trends For 2021 & Beyond

Unleashed

However with Covid-19 slowing both production and demand, and disrupting the global supply chain, the global coffee industry has stalled in recent months – and seen new trends take hold. But a global pandemic that has disrupted supply chains and eradicated past norms, coffee could not be expected to escape unscathed.

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Eurozone Economy Now in Technical Recession

Supply Chain Matters

According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal , sizable changes to data from Germany, Ireland and Finland prompted the revision. As Supply Chain Matters highlighted in late May, the German economy was declared in state of recession after first quarter GDP data was reported. All rights reserved.

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Swedish Cosmetics Retailer KICKS Reviews IT Portfolio and Chooses RELEX for Supply Chain Management

RELEX Solutions

KICKS , the Nordic region’s leading cosmetics and beauty product retailer, has teamed up with RELEX to give its supply chain operations a complete makeover. RELEX will provide a solution tailored to the needs of the retailer’s online channel and 250 stores across Sweden, Norway, and Finland. More information: www.kicks.se.