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Tesco Uses AI to Stock Shelves, Route Drivers With Google Assistant

Tesco is starting to incorporate machine learning algorithms across the business, from internal applications such as driver routing to customer-facing apps like integration, with Google's home assistant device. Tesco is starting to incorporate machine learning algorithms across the business, from internal applications such as driver routing to customer-facing apps like integration, with Google's home assistant device.

A Look Inside Airbus's Epic Assembly Line

A confluence of political and economic forces has prompted Europe's largest airplane manufacturer to place a factory in Alabama - and to create one of the world's most gargantuan supply chains.

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Schiphol Airport Tests New Automatic Compliance System

Initial testing of an online compliance checking system that reduces delays by pinpointing mistakes on airway bills has successfully concluded. The system was developed as part of Schiphol's Smart Cargo Mainport Program, and speeds up cargo flows by detecting data errors in air waybills.

2020 Sulfur Cap to Impact Credit Lines

The global sulfur emissions limit will drop to 0.50 percent in 2020, and most people are yet to appreciate what this will do to ship operators' finances.

Report: Singapore Tops Global Port Ranking

Singapore has been named the leading maritime city in the world, followed by Hamburg and Oslo, in a ranking of global ports.

Five Keys to Leading in the Age of Analytics

Data and analytics have redefined the way we compete. Data is a critical corporate asset that organizations are starting to monetize in new ways to get ahead of their competition. The bottom line? Companies that leverage data to drive the performance of their organization's decisions are winning at a faster rate than their competition.

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Adding Value to an Organization: Integrating a Logistics Center of Excellence

Perhaps the most overworked word in the supply chain management lexicon is "visibility." Yet it's difficult to overstate the importance of a view into what's going on in the supply chain. After all, you can't source, make, move, store, deliver, measure or improve what you can't see. At the same time, the value of supply chain visibility is lessened if it isn't comprehensive — encompassing the supply chain from one end to the other, from upstream to downstream.

Amazon Expands E-Commerce Fulfillment Capacity in India

In line with the hyper growth of e-commerce activity there, Amazon is expanding its operations in India by adding seven new fulfillment centers. MoneyControl.com reported that Amazon India plans to invest $5bn in its facilities by the end of June.

China Launches Its First Domestically Made Aircraft Carrier

China launched its first aircraft carrier built entirely on its own last week, in a demonstration of the growing technical sophistication of its defense industries and determination to safeguard its maritime territorial claims and crucial trade routes.

U.S. Ports Upbeat on Container Volumes

Import volumes at major container ports in the U.S. are projected to rise 4.7 percent in the first half of 2017 compared with the same period a year ago, and many ports are reporting growth.

Rising Airfreight Rates Could Be Sign of Resurgent Global Trade

Airfreight rates ticked back up again in March, up $0.21 per kilogram, or 6.7 percent over March 2016, as the industry moved out of a seasonal decline in rates that generally follows the holiday surge.

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U.S. Officials Say Pirates Have Returned to Waters Off Somalia

Pirates have returned to the waters off Somalia, but the spike in attacks on commercial shipping does not yet constitute a trend, senior U.S. officials said last week.

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