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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

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Establish appropriate metrics that correspond with the steps outlined in your contingency plan. West Coast Port Strike Disrupts Shipping Lanes. Without robust contingency plans in place, American companies that were unable to ship their products in a timely manner began accumulating more and more extra supplies and products.

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

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Establish appropriate metrics that correspond with the steps outlined in your contingency plan. West Coast Port Strike Disrupts Shipping Lanes. Without robust contingency plans in place, American companies that were unable to ship their products in a timely manner began accumulating more and more extra supplies and products.

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Doing Business in Belgium

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Belgium is bordered by France, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands, and has a robust shipping infrastructure including multiple ports, making it a perfect location for trade both within the EU and with other geographic regions. Belgium has 41 airports, 26 of which have paved runways and six of which can handle large cargo aircraft.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2014 : hybrid DCs, 3-D prototypes, location-based inventory system, and more. It will allow for the automation of more complex warehousing tasks, such as unloading shipping containers and picking packets or individual e-commerce orders. Click here to read the full story. Printer-friendly version.

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How Tianjin's Aftermath is Affecting West Coast Ports

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While the labor strikes are over, fears of continued unrest are leading some shipping companies to avoid West Coast ports. percent decline in container volumes from 2014 , while Long Beach reported its best month ever during the same time. Port traffic has always been a good metric of overall economic health.

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3 Technology Companies Disrupting Shipping

FLEXE

Basically, responsible for ocean freight carriers, ocean ships that rely on truck companies. So today and yesterday, there was not enough capacity, cargo was rolled, prices spiked. Shipping a 40-ton container back in July or June used to cost about $700 — a 40-ton container. MSC is interested to charter those ships.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

Mobile apps can generate reports and monitor performance metrics. After graduating from the University of Oxford, Hunter Yaw worked as a project manager for several companies, including as the Head of Special Projects, Fuel Logistics for the Sochi 2014 Organizing committee. dba Cabrella Shipping Insurance Intelligence.