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CP Rail’s CEO Makes the $25 Billion Deal His Mentor Wouldn’t
Canadian Pacific Railways’s Keith Creel for years followed in the footsteps of Hunter Harrison, an industry legend whose revolutionary efficiency strategy became the standard at all the major North American railroads.
Keith Creel, chief operating officer of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. Photo: Bloomberg.
CP Rail Agrees to Buy Kansas City Southern for $25 Billion
Canadian Pacific Railway is aiming to create a 20,000-mile rail network linking the U.S., Mexico and Canada in the first year of those nations’ new trade alliance.
A Canadian Pacific Railway train leaves Hardisty, Alberta, Canada. Photo: Bloomberg.
Four Ways to Prosper in the New E-Commerce Era
With all signs pointing toward continued e-commerce growth post-pandemic, here’s what will help ensure retailer success in 2021 and beyond.
An online shopper scrolls through an e-commerce app on their smartphone. Photo: Pexels.
Podcast | A Look at the Southern California Supply-Chain ‘Meltdown’
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, along with supporting distribution facilities and infrastructure in the area, are suffering from severe congestion. What’s the cause — and the solution?
Freight trucks idle at the Port of Los Angeles. Photo: Bloomberg.
Global Chip Shortage Is Good for Cargo, ANA Says
ANA Holdings Inc. expects its cargo unit to receive a boost this year from the global chip shortage as planes loaded with semiconductors help speed deliveries to automakers and consumer-electronics manufacturers.
Photo: Bloomberg
Shortage of New Shipping Containers Adds to Global Trade Turmoil
The world’s biggest makers of shipping containers are scrambling to meet a surge in demand for the metal boxes that shuttle some 90% of the goods around the global economy.
Photo: Bloomberg
Watch: Business and Government’s Role in Strengthening Critical Supply Chains
Benjamin Ruddell, Professor in the School of Informatics, Computing & Cyber Systems at Northern Arizona University, offers advice to both the private and public sectors on how best to carry out President Biden’s recent executive order on creating more resilient supply chains for essential goods.
Business and Government’s Role in Strengthening Critical Supply Chains
Huawei Pivots to Fish Farms, Mining After U.S. Blocks Its Phones
Six months after the Trump administration dealt a crushing blow to Huawei Technologies Co.’s smartphone business, the Chinese telecommunications giant is turning to less glamorous alternatives that may eventually offset the decline of its biggest revenue contributor.
Source: Bloomberg
U.K. Firms Decry Unfair Brexit Border as EU Goods Waved In
The U.K.’s decision to postpone border checks on goods coming from the European Union until next year has delighted the country’s importers — but left some exporters angry.
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Watch: Using Quantum Computing to Optimize Shipping Routes
A look at the innovative application of quantum computing to the problem of optimizing ship and vehicle routes, with Amy Herhold, Director of Physics and Mathematical Sciences, Corporate Strategic Research with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, and Jamie Thomas, General Manager of IBM Systems Strategy & Development.
Using Quantum Computing to Optimize Shipping Routes
BOPIS: The Retail Revolution Changing the Way We Ship
The traditional binary model of product flow from manufacturer to warehouse to store has been replaced by the “buy anywhere, get anywhere, from anyone” paradigm.
A Walmart Inc. storefront. Photo: Bloomberg.
Navigating the Capacity Crunch With Digital Maintenance Systems
Carriers are facing a combination of challenges that were unimaginable just a few short years ago.
Photo: Bloomberg
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