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A Moment of Change – Making the Case for Visibility in Trucking

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Opinion Editorial by Wolfgang Lehmacher , Anchor Group, and Mikael Lind , Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) and Chalmers University of Technology. Source: Transporeon road transportation 2021 shipper and carrier survey). Source: Transporeon road transportation 2021 shipper and carrier survey). Financial considerations.

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Driving Sustainability in the Age of Supply Chain Disruption

Logistics Viewpoints

alternate sourcing strategies), while others are potentially negative (e.g. Emerging technologies play a role in managing disruption and are driving change in the transportation and logistics industries. Business logistics costs as a percentage of GDP is currently 7-8% in United States. Volvo’s POD in Sweden is a great example.

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Grocery Giant ICA Sweden is Making its Replenishment More Efficient with RELEX

RELEX Solutions

ICA Sweden, Sweden’s leading grocery retailer, is optimizing its supply chain processes with the help of retail planning expert RELEX Solutions by making its forecasting and replenishment more proactive. ICA Sweden has a really skilled supply chain team,” says Matilda Arnell, Project Manager at RELEX Solutions.

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Responding to the 2023 IMO GHG Strategy

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

There are several ‘semi-circular’ business models in the existing maritime industry such as sharing equipment in container logistics, chartering, reselling ships, and ship demolition. The maritime industry should embrace circular economy principles across the board to capture the full source of GHG emissions reduction potential.

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The Great Maersk Shift

Freightos

The following is a 5,000 word exploration of Maersk’s strategic shift to end-to-end logistics services, based on open sources. So three months after an executive meeting on June 23rd , an updated strategy was released, tracking a radical shift into a slimmer Maersk, focused on providing end-to-end logistics services.

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The Supply Chain Response to India’s Second Wave of Covid!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Luxembourg and Sweden sent 58 and 120 ventilators respectively. The USISPF through donations from its member companies also sourced 1,00, 000 portable oxygen concentrators for home and hospital use. DHL and FEDEX played a major role in inbound logistics and distribution.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2017

Material Handling & Logistics

GEODIS, a third-party logistics provider (3PL), is using exoskeletons to support and protect employees’ backs at its warehouse in Venlo, the Netherlands. Last-Mile Delivery. Media Type. Media Credit. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. DataTable subpages. Media Image. transactionID. 628c03e8-d52a-46b4-b585-4ef71333c513. Privacy Settings.