Category Archives: Logistics

In Pictures: Top 5 Transhipment Hubs

Posted on February 28, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Some other ports handle larger volume, but they do not specialize in ship-to-ship transshipment.

In Pictures: Top 5 Transhipment Hubs.

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Crossrail’s Tunnel Machine Enters Its Final Leg – Supply Chain 24/7

Posted on February 27, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Watch the cool video, read about the new Crossrail subway tunnel in London will drive 42km of tunnel and cost 18.5 billion pounds sterling.  there will be 10 new stops.

This is a cost effective way to add capacity in a densely populated urban environment.

Crossrail’s Tunnel Machine Enters Its Final Leg – Supply Chain 24/7.

Read Crossrail’s sustainability report here.  2014 Sustainability Report

 

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How MIT Visualizes Supply Chain Risk

Posted on February 27, 2015 by | 1 comment

Another look at visualizing supply chain risk, from MIT. When these guys get on top of something it must be a burning issue.  Watch the video inside the article.

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How MIT Visualizes Supply Chain Risk – Supply Chain 24/7.

I talked about David Simchi-Levi’s vision of supply chain risk before. This is another approach, based on visualization.  It raises the question of how good the data back of it is, but that is always a problem.

Of course here they are promoting their software to visualize the supply chain.

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