The Economist has a fascinating survey article this month about logistics. Clearly, shipping and supply-chain management isn’t the sexiest topic to discuss. But the article does bring to life how tightly connected our world has become with stories like:
- How Zara gets clothes from design to checkouts in just 5 weeks
- How Boeing retrofitted a 737 to ship the wings for their new 787
- How the standard shipping container has changed the world overnight
- How a Nova Scotia lobster company ships truckloads of lobster to Kentucky where they rejuvinate in a 25,000 gallon saltwater tank before getting shipped anywhere in the world via UPS
- How RFID is changing the game
- How to deal with SARS and natural disasters