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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now to this week’s logistics news…. Micro-Warehouse Provider Pivots as Retail Consumer Market Shifts. In 2017, Flytrex successfully launched the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland, and we covered that initiative in these pages on June 15, 2018. I gotta admit, I’m intrigued.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Merchants can use the service, called Multi-Channel Distribution, to send inventory to warehouses run by other logistics providers, other online marketplaces and even to physical stores to be put on shelves. Gatik has covered a 7.1-mile

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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

August is usually a quiet month for supply chain and logistics news, but not this year, especially the past couple of weeks. Iceland Gets On-Demand Drone Deliveries (BloombergTechnology). UK government announces funding for truck platooning trials (Automotive Logistics). Infor Expands the Power of the GT Nexus Commerce Network.

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Supply Chain Agenda of Hildur Gylfadóttir, Supply Chain Manager at Össur

Supply Chain Movement

Hildur Gylfadóttir, Supply Chain Manager, Logistics, Össur. While R&D remains in Iceland it has operational centers in the Americas, Europe, Asia and it employs around 2,300 people across 18 locations. I am based in our head office in Iceland where, as well as R&D, we produce prosthetics which is about 50% of our business.

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Supply Chain Resilience Core Capacities

MIT Supply Chain

For example, the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption in Iceland caused a primary loss of freight transportation capacity, but that loss also robbed many companies of supply capacity. warehousing space) to several years (e.g., The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics has an ongoing research effort in this area.

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How To Make Your Ecommerce Eco-Friendly

ShipBob

Even though your business is online, there are still a great deal of carbon emissions that result from daily logistics operations. . ShipBob is a third-party logistics (3PL) company that makes it easy for merchants to split inventory across multiple fulfillment centers. Michael Klein, Co-Founder at Herbaly.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

After years of declining revenues in European logistics services, the business started to stabilise in 2013/2014. Europe has seen plenty of activity in terms of mergers and acquisitions, including the take-over of the major French family-owned company Norbert Dentressangle by America’s XPO Logistics. SCM 3PL Subway 2015. Guadeloupe.