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Freight Forwarding: Steering the Course Towards a Greener, Smarter Logistics Future

3BL Media

The logistics and transportation sector contributes more than one-third of the world’s carbon emissions, according to the IEA. Within the supply chain ecosystem, freight forwarders will increasingly play a pivotal role in driving sustainability, digitalization, and resilience across the industry.”

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Digital logistics: Technology race gathers momentum

McKinsey Sustainabilty

A survey of more than 250 global shippers and logistics providers reveals that technology investments are set to increase, with numerous companies already piloting advanced use cases.

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Logistics disruptors: A shared digital platform for US–Mexico logistics

McKinsey Sustainabilty

The inaugural installment of the Logistics Disruptors series spotlights Nuvocargo founder Deepak Chhugani, whose digital platform syncs up the disparate fragments of the US–Mexico trade route.

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Digitizing mid- and last-mile logistics handovers to reduce waste

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Three tech-based innovations have the potential to reduce waste at handover points along the logistics chain.

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Digitally-Driven Operations Enhance Industrial Sustainability and Performance

3BL Media

Digital technologies and real-time networks will be key enablers — and businesses stand to gain significantly as they adopt them. There is no green without digital,” is a pivotal statement from our Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark. The energy sector is a great case study showing how digitalization and sustainability go hand in hand.

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Industrial Processes & Wireless Communications – Part II: Manufacturing Logistics

Cisco CSR

Adoption of digital industrial processes have accelerated since the German government led this initiative to maintain national industrial prowess. For example, with digital twins and modular flexible systems. 2) Manufacturing logistics. 2) Manufacturing logistics. Manufacturing Logistics. Synchronicity : None.

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COVID-19 pandemic shines spotlight on flexible, digital freight

GreenBiz

There have generally been three waves of logistics problems that have emerged alongside the novel coronavirus outbreak. Analytics and artificial intelligence are helping solve them.

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