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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. A Decline in Innovation. Ironically, technology innovation is the highest that I have ever seen. Less Collaborative.

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Seven Mistakes You Wish Your CFO Had Not Made You Make

Supply Chain Shaman

A container from Shanghai to Long Beach was 56 days in 2020 and increased to 80 days in 2021. The Chief Financial Officer gained more presence with procurement and IT reporting to finance. A Decline in Innovation. Ironically, technology innovation is the highest that I have ever seen. Less Collaborative.

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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

… We flew over the sprawling Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — 40% of all U.S. Like any great innovation, container shipping was so obvious after the fact it is incredible that it had not been implemented earlier.”[5]. Levinson reports, McLean’s innovation was first demonstrated on 26 April 1956.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 27 – December 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

BluJay Solutions Unveils MobileSTAR. Ryder Forms Strategic Partnership with Plug and Play to Support Development of Innovative Supply Chain and Logistics Startups. Kane Is Able Purchases Vintners Logistics. The foundation of this solution comes from BluJay’s acquisition of Blackbay earlier this year.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

The Lean journey should focus on straightforward activities that everyone can see and understand because the tools take on a life of their own, causing the operation to lose sight of the simple goal of waste elimination. This will make the supplier sluggish to respond to changes and slow moving on innovation. What can you do?

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This Week in Logistics News (February 9-13, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Roadnet® Technologies Introduces Advanced Business Intelligence Tool, Insight. Here are some details from the press release: The purchase price was $59 million, excluding any working capital adjustments, with no assumption of debt. Robinson’s TMC Division Enters South American Marketplace. UX had revenue and adjusted EBITDA of $113.2

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The Dispatch Report | October 2019, Issue No. 12

Shipchain

The reason that opportunities like Plug and Play are so important for us is that we can come face to face with large companies with complex supply chains that are looking for a solution. Together, we are building an NFC blockchain shipment tracking solution. ShipChain’s Backend Services Now Available for Purchase.