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Current State of the Capacity Crunch

GlobalTranz

However, inconsistencies in service levels, including the use of inaccurate data, an economy that hinges on the state of foreign markets (think China), and changes to regulations and labor requirements are continuing to impact the capacity of the shipping industry. Capacity Is Tight, Not Impossible. Capacity of today’s fleets is tight.

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REPOST: The True Cost of OTIF Failure with Andrew Lynch

The Logistics of Logistics

Zipline Logistics , founded in 2007, is a digitally enabled transportation partner specializing exclusively in serving the food, beverage, and consumer product manufacturers. The 3PL’s capacity procurement team utilizes a proprietary qualification process to identify and contract the highest quality providers to operate within its network.

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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

Because we call it a supply chain for a reason – each link is connected, so if you rattle one link, you rattle the entire chain, as Boeing famously discovered in 2007 when a bolts and screws shortage delayed their Dreamliner. But the opposite is not true – if you optimize one link, you have not optimized the entire supply chain.

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Understanding Conrail with Brian Gorton

The Logistics of Logistics

In 2007, it expanded its operations from Northern New Jersey to Staten Island, New York. Access to capacity. On June 1, 1999, Conrail began operating as a Switching and Terminal Railroad for its owners, NS and CSX, in the three geographical areas of Northern New Jersey, Southern New Jersey/Philadelphia, and Detroit, Michigan. .

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The True Cost of OTIF Failure with Andrew Lynch

The Logistics of Logistics

Zipline Logistics , founded in 2007, is a digitally enabled transportation partner specializing exclusively in serving the food, beverage, and consumer product manufacturers. The 3PL’s capacity procurement team utilizes a proprietary qualification process to identify and contract the highest quality providers to operate within its network.

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Can B2B e-commerce solve supply chain issues?

Cathy Roberson

According to IHS Markit, March US purchasing manager’s index (PMI) was the second strongest since data collection began in May 2007. In 2019, it re-acquired HD Supply, a company it sold in 2007. Manufacturing is gaining steam not only in the US but around the world as businesses return to a COVID-19 type of redefined normalcy.

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Weathering the Next Recession

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The global economic recession that started in 2007/2008 hit the manufacturing sector hard. The auto industry, like many other manufacturing sectors, was awash in excess capacity. Understand your true capacity – One of the key principles behind Demand-Driven Manufacturing is the Theory of Constraints (TOC).