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Fulfilling Big Bulky Small Parcels with Dusty Holcomb

The Logistics of Logistics

Dusty is the CEO of Red Stag Fulfillment is a third-party logistics (3PL) company based in Knoxville, Tennessee. About Red Stag Fulfillment Red Stag Fulfillment is a rapidly growing third-party logistics company based in Knoxville, Tennessee, founded in 2013 by Ryan Kelly and Eric McCollom. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies.

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Why Freight Tech Fails with Mike Wolf

The Logistics of Logistics

His experience is deep in transportation and the CPG / Beverage Industry with particular expertise in leveraging change management skills to ensure changes are adopted and maximize the intended value, including implementing new systems, modes, suppliers or shipping points and carriers. About JBF Consulting.

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Supply chain risks in the spotlight: Effects of Hanjin Shipping filing bankruptcy protection

Kinaxis

by Dr. Madhav Durbha Supply chain risks in the spotlight: Effects of Hanjin Shipping filing bankruptcy protection. A few days ago, the world’s seventh largest container shipping company by volume, Hanjin Shipping, filed for bankruptcy protection. Any such event will cause congestion in the ports.

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10 Disruptive Issues in the Supply Chain

American Global Logistics

Persistent Red Sea Risks Continue to Disrupt Critical Trade Route The ongoing conflict in Yemen has created several shipping risks in the Red Sea. In particular, there is a risk of Houthi rebels laying mines in the shipping lanes. That's a hard-to-prevent risk that could damage or sink ships.

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Save The Supply Chain Leader From Groupthink

Supply Chain Shaman

To put this in perspective, if they had no planning system and no planners and just assumed that they would ship based on prior shipments, the forecast would be better, and the inventory levels more accurate. In nine out of ten supply chain planning systems that I test, I find that companies have a negative Forecast Value Added level.

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Package Theft Season is Here

Logistics Viewpoints

Eight US states have made package theft a felony: Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. Unfortunately, this does not always act as a deterrent, as Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Tennessee rank in the top 12 states for larceny per 100,000 resident.

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La Nina’s impact on the food supply chain

Resilinc

Northeast see less snow and rain than usual as La Niña causes storms to dump more precipitation over the Great Lakes, Ohio and Tennessee River valleys? Will drought persist in California, as La Niña shifts storm tracks northward? Will the U.S. How much will La Niña increase precipitation in Asia?

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