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Supply chain risks: The knowable unknowns that can hurt your supply chain!

Kinaxis

by Dr. Madhav Durbha CSX, one of the only two railroad operators in the USA that handles nearly all the shipments that move by train east of the Mississippi River has been experiencing serious challenges since the month of May. This has led to increased costs, not to mention all the inventory stuck in-transit.

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Justifying Investments in Risk Avoidance

MIT Supply Chain

I gave the example of Sun Microsystems, which suffered a spate of freight thefts in Europe. The strategy incurs higher costs in terms of capital expenditures, labor, and inventory, but the payoff is superior service. This supported an extremely lean build-to-order operation with minimal inventory.

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Freightera Marketplace Books 10,000th Shipment, Goes Live with CN Rail

Freightera

Freightera, “Expedia for Freight”, celebrates its 10,000th shipment, on target to achieve best LTL inventory in the US and Canada. May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Freightera, North America’s rapidly growing online freight marketplace, celebrated its 4th birthday today as it booked over 10,000 shipments.