Logistics Viewpoints
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
Supply shortages resulting in empty shelves or parking lots of WIP inventory represent a spectre causing supply chain leaders to reconsider supply chain inventory practices. Opinion of just-in-time (JIT) as a practice has taken a battering and inventory is rising. Is supply chain inventory the problem?
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 28, 2021
Kansas City Southern agrees to US$30B CN Rail deal. The United Fresh Produce Association said dwell time is up for non-perishable inventory, which indicates pallets may be sitting longer at warehouses or loading docks. Kansas City Southern agreed to a $30 billion merger with Canadian National Railway Co.,
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Elementum
AUGUST 29, 2017
Rail freight networks operated by Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific in Texas, USA were heavily disrupted due to Hurricane Harvey, according to reports on Friday, August 25th. Gulf Coast, surplus fuel inventories may help the industry withstand the worst storm to hit the country in more than a decade.
Supply Chain Matters
MARCH 23, 2022
based Kansas City Southern , pending full regulatory approvals which is expected sometime this year. Surface Transportation Board on the merger with Kansas City Southern. . importers are resetting inventory ordering strategies to avoid any contentious contract talks this summer.
Stord
APRIL 7, 2019
For example, Kansas City Southern has accepted trains from other lines that it usually wouldn’t have to accommodate. Amazon is using a smaller distribution center for fulfillment in New York City , and other companies are following its lead.
Talking Logistics
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
Keeping track of warehouse inventories with an army of fully autonomous drones (TechCrunch). Google Express, the tech company’s fast delivery service, expands in Kansas City (Kansas City Star). Baidu receives approval from California DMV to test self-driving cars (Reuters). project44 Raises $10.5M
Resilinc
JULY 20, 2021
Closer proximity—as compared to Asia—alone could reduce shipping times and inventory costs, as well as the greenhouse gas emissions from ocean and air freight, according to the three. That has dramatically increased the cash tied up in inventory,” said Rogers. Proximity = lower costs and lower carbon.
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