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Supply Chain Dive | August 12, 2020

Assuming a COVID-19 vaccine is on the horizon, the cold chain needs to be prepared for the onslaught of vaccines shipping around the world and the U.S. It’s not an easy task, given the number of transfer points from manufacturing to administration sites. Vaccines often travel by truck and airplane, with stops and storage at the distributor before arrival at the terminal point, where they once again go into cold storage. The last mile to the healthcare provider could be a van delivery to a ...

PR Newswire | April 16, 2020

The "Coronavirus Outbreak: Impact on Complex Global Supply Chains and Beyond" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. As coronavirus continues to spread globally, it is becoming clear that the economic backlash of the outbreak will be colossal. The world economy is more globalized than ever and as a result, the spread of the virus and the measures taken to contain it have become highly disruptive to fragile global supply chains. This case study explores how the ...

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Bolt | November 09, 2021

Bolt Logistics (“Bolt”), a leading Canadian technology-enabled logistics and last-mile delivery provider, is proud to announce it has raised CAD $115 million in financing, bringing the total funds raised by the company to date to more than $150 million. The investment was led by new investors Yaletown Partners, with participation from Ingka Investments (the investment arm of Ingka Group, the main IKEA retailer), Northleaf Capital Partners, Bank of Montreal, and Kensington Capital, an...

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FreightWaves | December 08, 2020

Around 400 million square feet will be required throughout the following five years to deal with the normal as indicated by a report to be delivered released by land real estate services giant CBRE Inc. The majority of the area to deal with returns will come from more seasoned dissemination communities which third-party logistics (3PL) suppliers and enormous retailers will empty for fresher offices to help forward logistics operations, CBRE said. About 1.5 billion s...