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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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Green Logistics: How Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) Can Leverage Sustainable Supply Chains to Gain a Competitive Advantage

3BL Media

In today’s business landscape, green logistics is not just a trend but a crucial strategy for small and medium-sized businesses to gain a competitive advantage. Given all this, though, how can small and medium-sized businesses leverage green logistics to secure that competitive advantage? billion in fuel and counting.

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Innovating for the Future: How to Future-Proof Supply Chains To Craft More Efficient, Agile and Sustainable Logistics Solutions

3BL Media

The report indicated that market variability, limited capacities for rapid adaptation and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) all top the list of concerns for logistics leaders. Predictive analytics and Internet of Things (IoT) sensors provide insights into potential delays, allowing businesses to optimize routes and inventory levels.

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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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World Economic Forum Recognizes Schneider Electric’s Hyderabad Factory as a Sustainability Lighthouse

3BL Media

Schneider Electric’s Hyderabad factory manufactures mission-critical electrical equipment and operates with an advanced, cloud-based manufacturing system powered by IoT-enabled devices, leveraging real-time data and predictive analytics for smart decision-making processes. This initiative is part of the company’s STRIVE program.

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Maximizing the Potential of Smarter, Better, Circular Strategies

3BL Media

Beyond using recycled materials and renewable energy, smart factory operations — like digitized shopfloor, connected machines, and data and analytics — also contribute to circularity by creating new forms of efficiency and flexibility. It was recognized as a “Sustainability Lighthouse” by the World Economic Forum in 2023.

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New Global Report Demonstrates FedEx Economic Impact

3BL Media

The report, produced in consultation with Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB), a leading global provider of business decisioning data and analytics, for the first time analyzed the impact FedEx has on economies around the world. Transportation and Logistics sectors. We call this, the ‘FedEx Effect.’”. economy and jobs.