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Hurricane season 2024: how to prepare your supply chain

Resilinc

. #1 Production delays Manufacturing facilities in the hurricane’s path may be damaged or forced to close, leading to production delays or stoppages. 2 Transportation and distribution issues Damage to transportation like roads, ports, and airports can disrupt the movement of goods, causing delays and distribution challenges. . #2

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Emergency Freight: What Harvey Tells Us About Irma

DAT Solutions

Harvey hit Houston on Friday evening, August 25, and hung over the metro area for days, dumping more than 50 inches of rain on Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana. It will take a very long time for freight transportation and logistics to return to normal, after two such monstrous storms in the same month.

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Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

Zipline Logistics

Regional Logistics Market Updates. Here is what each region is seeing currently: Northeast Logistics. Midwest Logistics. Southeast Logistics. Westcoast Logistics. Transportation could be impacted in Illinois. Vendors should not expect much transportation disruption in Iowa. Status: Partially Open.

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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

Logistics? ? . Midwest Logistics ? . Logistics? ? . Logistics ? . Transportation?could Vendors should not expect much transportation disruption in Iowa.?? . not expect much logistics disruption in Kansas.?? . Here is what each region is seeing currently:? . Rates have also increased. .

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Transportation Optimization: The Key to Weathering Droughts, Disasters and Other Disruptions

BlueYonder

The Mississippi River has reached historically low water levels , endangering fresh water supplies in Louisiana but also raising concerns about its long-term viability as a shipping route. As companies scramble to change to a new route, carrier or transport mode at the last minute, they often pay higher-than-expected fees.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The Biden administration is refining rules aimed at keeping advanced chips and manufacturing gear out of China, seeking to close loopholes that might help its geopolitical rival gain cutting-edge technologies. What is abnormal is that we now spend our lives inside and briefly pop outside.”

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

In addition, several agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require unique device identifiers (UDI) usually in the form of barcodes to contain information such as manufactured date and lot number to provide traceability. California. Connecticut. District of Columbia. Massachusetts. Mississippi. New Hampsire. New Jersey.