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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

But in terms of transportation, the impacts won’t just be on fuel prices. FourKites , a provider of real-time transportation visibility solutions, has a big data set around transportation. While rising gas prices drive up the price of transportation, rising natural gas prices also affect global supply chains. billion.

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Freight and Football/Soccer: Five Interesting Analogies

BlueYonder

The whole world is gripped by football/soccer fever these days with the FIFA Football World Cup in Qatar springing one surprise after another. I am reminded of these analogies on a daily basis when I listen to our customers share their logistics/transportation challenges and how Blue Yonder helps them address those challenges.

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4 reasons not to miss the Quintiq World Tour

DELMIA Quintiq

Theo Haughton, Head of Strategy and Business Planning – Rail and Underground, Transport for London. Andreas Novak, Director Manufacturing, Vlisco Netherlands. Quintiq World Tour 2015 kicked off in Doha, Qatar, on March 31, 2015, with notable speakers including LNG producer, RasGas, and metal producer, Elval.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

The countdown is officially on for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Instead, due to the climate in Qatar, the tournament was pushed out to November and December. This, along with a host of controversies, have led many to believe that awarding Qatar with the World Cup was a blatant mistake.

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Freighters and reconfigured passenger jets fly in from Asia and the Middle East, operated by the cargo units of Cathay Pacific Airways, Emirates, Korean Air, Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines, and several other carriers. Nearby are distribution centers for companies ranging from Macy’s Inc. to Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. from 2020 and a 5.4%

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This Week In Supply Chain Management Tech- June 14 2022

Supply Chain Matters

According to a published report from the Japan Times , Panasonic Holdings announced that its battery manufacturing unit plans to quadruple production of electric vehicle batteries by fiscal 2028 amid increasing demand from U.S. Panasonic to Quadruple Battery Production Capacity. auto makers including Tesla.

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Oktoberfest, Methane, and Climate Change

Enterra Insights

Clearly, human activities such as oil drilling, manufacturing, farming, and so forth contribute to the methane problem — but so do our guts. Obviously, human activities play a major role in increasing methane emissions from most of these sources.”[4]. ”[4]. But what about humans?