Warehouse Association Assesses the Post Viral Landscape and Looks Toward More Automation
Major Industry Players Consult on a Changing Industry
UK – In a wide-ranging logistics users panel discussion, hosted by the UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) on Wednesday 3 March, senior supply chain directors representing four major brands spoke of their optimism for the future, the increased importance of automation in warehouses and the key role for 3PL partners in the new post-pandemic, post-Brexit world.
The panel discussion, chaired by UKWA CEO Peter Ward, included high profile speakers, Chris Warn, Global Logistics Director at Pentland Brands; Juan Manuel Santiago Mendez, CEO Mercedes-Benz Parts Logistics UK; Iain Bartholomew, Director of Logistics, International & Europe at Urban Outfitters and John Munnelly, Head of Distribution Operations at John Lewis plc.
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Freeports, Fuel Duty and Tax Changes Delight for Some and an Anathema to Others
UK Logistics Sector Gives a Variable Reaction to Budget
UK – The logistics sector drew breath this week and then released a torrent of words to comment on the Budget measures, taken as they are in the light of chaos caused by both the Covid pandemic and the exit from Europe.
Whilst some see Freeports as the road to Damascus, others are sceptical of the advantages or downright hostile, seeing them as an excuse to lower employment standards. Measured comments come from such as Robert Keen, Director General of the British International Freight Association (BIFA), who welcomed some of the macro-economic announcements in the UK Budget that will offer ongoing support to businesses in the freight and logistics sector that have been hit hard by the double whammy, saying:
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Brooklyn Borough President, Eric Adams announces that the Barclays Center will be an early voting site, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. | Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
Adams scores hotel union endorsement in mayoral bid
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A politically-influential union representing hotel workers is poised to endorse Eric Adams’ mayoral campaign a significant mark of approval for a top-tier candidate whose bid has highlighted some of his long-standing political rifts.
The Hotel Trades Council will throw its organizing power behind the Brooklyn borough president, positioning it as the second major labor union to weigh in on the crowded field of Democrats looking to replace outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Collapse is a frightening subject. The question of
why collapse occurs is something I have pieced together over many years of study from a number of different sources, which I will attempt to explain in this post.
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Collapse doesn’t happen instantaneously; it happens many years after an economy first begins outgrowing its resource base. In fact, the resource base likely declines at the same time from multiple causes, such as soil erosion, deforestation and oil depletion. Before collapse occurs, there seem to be warning signs, including: