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This Week in Logistics News (July 21-25, 2014)

Talking Logistics

I hurried downstairs to the kitchen, and after a mild panic attack witnessed only by our guinea pig, I called the airline and was able to get booked on a different flight, and I made it to my client’s meeting on time. That was my wake-up call Thursday morning. The airline sent me a text too, in case I dismissed the call as a bad dream.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 5-9, 2018)

Talking Logistics

Our guinea pig Cow died this morning. What do you do with a deceased guinea pig? Embark Self-Driving Truck Completes Coast-to-Coast Test Run (Transport Topics). Kuebix Tops 5000 Companies Using its Transportation Management System. Dubai and HERE Technologies to develop data infrastructure for driverless transportation.

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Commerical Air Cancellations Quarantine Ebola Supplies

MIT Supply Chain

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. Flights to Guinea are continuing, with passengers screened for symptoms.

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Rio Tinto Strikes Rail Deal for Huge Iron Ore Mine in Guinea

Supply Chain Brain

Rio said it had struck a deal with Guinea and the Winning Consortium Simandou to develop the 600 kilometers of rail lines needed to transport the iron ore.

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Talking Turkey for Thanksgiving

Enterra Insights

Europeans confused this bird with the guinea hen (an African fowl) that had been imported via Ottoman Turkey. This requires contracts, transportation, and deliveries from both large-scale turkey producers (think the Butterballs, Jennie-Os, and Perdues of the world) as well as local turkey farms.

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Viral Reaction: Zika and the Supply Chain

Elementum

Countries like Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, with major commodities like aluminum and iron ores, and rubber products, were isolated from the rest of the world as all commodity access points (sea, air and ground) have to undergo stringent measures that has lead to costly delays. In, ArcelorMittal S.A.’s Fear Factor.

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Logistics Outsourcing Partnerships (and Why It’s Time to Break a Rule or Two)

Logistics Bureau

TruServ Corporation, a hardware cooperative, outsourced in order to take control of its inbound transportation, and stated We didn’t want to be a guinea pig. Hercules Incorporated, a chemicals manufacturer, outsourced logistics to reduce costs. We were looking for someone that had already blazed the trail.”