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A logbook (a ship's logs or simply log) is a record of important events in the management, operation, and navigation of a ship. It is essential to traditional navigation. We won't fill in Beam's log daily, but expect us to keep track of key findings, studies, startups and events

Supplies Unchained: Can the Blockchain Save Global Supply Chains?

Supplies Unchained: Can the Blockchain Save Global Supply Chains?

Blockchain, the transparent decentralized digital ledger technology, is already enhancing supply chains worldwide. That said, we are only…
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Jul 20, 2022
Fake It Till You Freight It: The Counterfeit Ghost in the Logistics Machine

Fake It Till You Freight It: The Counterfeit Ghost in the Logistics...

Fake goods account for a massive 2.5% of world trade every year — the equivalent of €426 billion, according to the Organization for…
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Jul 20, 2022
The Logistics Space Race: No Vacancy as Warehouse Demand Soars

The Logistics Space Race: No Vacancy as Warehouse Demand Soars

The space race in logistics is in full force — without the rockets, that is — as record demand leads to a scramble for physical…
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Feb 24, 2022
The Logistics Labor Crisis Giving Rise to the Robot Revolution

The Logistics Labor Crisis Giving Rise to the Robot Revolution

An easing of supply crunches is on the cards for the latter half of 2022 as we expect to slowly edge our way out of the eye of the pandemic…
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Jan 8, 2022
Diversified Delivery: When Is Faster No Longer Smart Enough?

Diversified Delivery: When Is Faster No Longer Smart Enough?

Is speed forever and only the big differentiator when it comes to delivery options? Glovo, the speedy Spanish courier service, secured €450…
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Jan 8, 2022
Inventory Management: The Challenge of Flattening the Shrinkage Curve

Inventory Management: The Challenge of Flattening the Shrinkage Curve

The European pre-pandemic retail industry has been estimated to register €49 billion in inventory shrinkage-related losses. Around 26%, or…
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Sep 2, 2021
The Evolution of the Warehouse Amid Ongoing E-Commerce Expansion

The Evolution of the Warehouse Amid Ongoing E-Commerce Expansion

After a 6 percent drop in the automation warehouse market in 2020, the industry is now expecting a growth of 38.4 percent in 2021. One of…
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Aug 12, 2021
Do Logistics Fleets Hold the Key to Unlocking the Hydrogen Fuel Cell?

Do Logistics Fleets Hold the Key to Unlocking the Hydrogen Fuel Cell?

With governments amping up regulations aimed at phasing out internal combustion vehicles in favor of sustainable alternatives, the debate…
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Aug 4, 2021
Record Cybersecurity Investments: Innovation? Or Overdue Necessity?

Record Cybersecurity Investments: Innovation? Or Overdue Necessity?

The digitization of global supply chains means that the steady flow of goods and services is increasingly reliant on an equally smooth…
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Jul 28, 2021
Mensch-Maschine: The Double-Edged Link Between E-Commerce and Automation

Mensch-Maschine: The Double-Edged Link Between E-Commerce and Autom...

With the relentless conveyor belt of global innovation making warehouse automation feel like old news in 2021, it might be surprising to…
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Jul 21, 2021
When Policy meets Logistics: Taking Stock of Brexit in Numbers

When Policy meets Logistics: Taking Stock of Brexit in Numbers

After seemingly endless delays, Brexit finally came into effect in January 2021. The resulting policy shift and customs fees led to an…
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Jul 16, 2021
Back on the Rails: Is this the Arrival of the Freight Train Moment?

Back on the Rails: Is this the Arrival of the Freight Train Moment?

Today, the phrase “rail revolution” is employed rather casually when it comes to hi-tech innovations related to AI and magnetic levitation…
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Mar 25, 2021
Return to Sender: Online Retail on the Quest to Solve the Returns Problem

Return to Sender: Online Retail on the Quest to Solve the Returns P...

As the high street got boarded up due to worldwide lockdowns, consumers turned to the internet in droves. But, with the incoming inertia…
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Mar 9, 2021
Crunch Time: Demand Rebound Causing Strains Across Supply Chains

Crunch Time: Demand Rebound Causing Strains Across Supply Chains

With trade restrictions and delivery complications sparked by the pandemic, immense pressure has been placed on international supply…
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Feb 24, 2021
Navigating Supply Chain Transparency: An Indicator of Where Startups Can Shine?

Navigating Supply Chain Transparency: An Indicator of Where Startup...

Over 60% of supply chain firms are looking to adopt cutting-edge inventory and network optimization tools in the coming years, much of…
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Feb 17, 2021
E-Commerce Boom? Check! Now what? — We Look at the Knock-On Effect

E-Commerce Boom? Check! Now what? — We Look at the Knock-On Effect

An existing shift towards online shopping has been significantly accelerated by the pandemic and resulted in an e-commerce boom. That part…
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Feb 11, 2021
Does Size Really Matter? The Monumental Promise of Micro-fulfillment

Does Size Really Matter? The Monumental Promise of Micro-fulfillment

Micro-fulfillment has been a hot topic circulating throughout the logistics industry lately — and with good reason. 81% of consumers…
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Feb 4, 2021
The Pressure Is on: Pharma Logistics Cast into the Spotlight by Covid-19 Vaccine

The Pressure Is on: Pharma Logistics Cast into the Spotlight by Cov...

The world breathed a sigh of relief when Pfizer made the first major breakthrough with its vaccine last month. Having been quickly…
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Feb 1, 2021
To the Rescue: Maturing Logistics Startup Sector Now Ready to Go for Scale

To the Rescue: Maturing Logistics Startup Sector Now Ready to Go fo...

The traditionally risk-averse logistics industry has been slower to innovate than other sectors — far off the pace of the Health and…
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Jan 27, 2021
AI Is Transforming the Logistics Landscape: Here’s a Glimpse at How, Why and By When

AI Is Transforming the Logistics Landscape: Here’s a Glimpse at How...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to put pressure on supply chains worldwide, the prospect of leveraging AI logistics tech has become…
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Jan 20, 2021
EFFICIENCY RULES — the Next Normal is made of B2B virtues

EFFICIENCY RULES — the Next Normal is made of B2B virtues

Are you ready for starvation mode? It’s what our bodies do when resources get scarce. And it will be what our economies do when the…
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May 19, 2020
Germany´s got Talent — searching for great ideas needing it

Germany´s got Talent — searching for great ideas needing it

Start-ups are all about untapped potential. Making better use of resources and technologies than everyone else around, convincing…
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May 11, 2020
The next Shopping

The next Shopping

HEY, SHOPS ARE OPEN AGAIN! LET´S STORM THE CITIES AND BUY!!
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Apr 21, 2020
The Health of Nations

The Health of Nations

Economy, Society and your Company in a (post-) Corona World
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Mar 25, 2020
When logistics goes viral, new technologies emerge

When logistics goes viral, new technologies emerge

While the world is fighting the coronavirus pandemic, business is struggling to mitigate the supply chain shocks caused by the virus. We…
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Mar 16, 2020
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