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This Week in Logistics News (June 4 – 10)

Logistics Viewpoints

Supply chain shortages have caused prices to rise globally on just about every consumer good imaginable. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Logistics hiring slowed in May amid shifts in retail sector. Descartes acquires XPS Technologies. As a result, logistics hiring in May has slowed down.

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The RocketFuel Story with Josh Beatty

The Logistics of Logistics

Josh is the Co-Founder of Launch Fulfillment, LaunchPath Logistics, and RocketFuel Parcel Recharge. They recognized that many other 3PLs would have the same problem, so they created RocketFuel , a recharge metering system that ensures upfront payments for every shipment with an automated metering system.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 6 – 12)

Logistics Viewpoints

and Salt Lake City, Utah, have opted out of traditional pyrotechnics this year. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Ongoing attacks on vessels in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthis continue to disrupt shipping lanes in the chemical industry’s supply chain, according to Al Greenwood, chemicals expert and deputy editor at ICIS.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. FDA inks mutual reliance agreements with California, Florida, Utah, Wisconsin. Not only is the extreme electricity shortage in the world’s largest exporter set to hurt its own growth, but the impact on supply chains could also crimp a global economy struggling to emerge from the pandemic.

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Supply Chain Design: Growing Scope, Community, and Collaboration

Talking Logistics

One of my predictions for 2015 was that more companies will start treating Supply Chain Design as a continuous business process instead of a standalone project or a once-a-year exercise. The line between Supply Chain Design and Supply Chain Planning is fading. The answers will never be automated.

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Where Business is Done with Thibault Serlet

The Logistics of Logistics

He is an expert on Special Economic Zones (SEZs), and is the Founder of Startup Societies Foundation, a Utah based non-profit think tank that studies Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and publishes an academic journal. While exact numbers are not available, Thibault believes that the majority of supply chains past through special economic zones.

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Driverless Trucks: Heading Somewhere or Nowhere Quickly?

Talking Logistics

Will there be a future for driverless trucks in logistics? It’s really interesting how [activity around driverless vehicles] has developed fairly rapidly over the last couple of years,” said Jeff Potts, Senior Vice President Business Development at LeanLogistics , in a recent Talking Logistics episode.