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BR Williams Logistics, LLC Earns ISO 9001:2015 Certification: A Commitment to Quality and Excellence in Transportation

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

We are happy to announce BR Williams has been an ISO 9001 Quality Management Certified Company since 2002. ISO 9001:2015 is a global standard for quality management and distinguishes companies in the logistics and transportation industry. It was the most recent business unit to be ISO 9001:2015 certified.

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Canadian Ports: A Fast Lane for Asia-U.S. Imports?

Talking Logistics

the only railway that serves Prince Rupert and one of three major railroads serving Port Metro Vancouver, has spent C$3 billion since 2010 to cut travel times along its western corridor, and has added new container terminals in Joliet, Ill., Canadian National Railway Co., and Chippewa Falls, Wis., to receive Midwest-bound goods.

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Getting Ready for 2017: Reflections on Telling Lies

Supply Chain Shaman

To gain competitive economies of scale and drive the segmented response, the back office operations–procurement, manufacturing and transportation–are automated and effective. This was the lie spun by Gartner in 2002. Automating a part of these processes should never be an option in a digital strategy. Reflections.

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BR Williams’ ISO 9001 Certification Journey: ISO 9001 Quality Management Certified

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

We started our Logistics Division in 2010, which became its own L.L.C. BR Williams has been an ISO 9001 Quality Management-certified company since 2002. However, his vision extended far beyond merely offering transportation services. and a wholly-owned subsidiary of BR Williams Trucking in 2020. Williams Trucking in 1958.

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Nearshoring & Reshoring Will Continue to Increase Thanks to these Main Benefits

GlobalTranz

These recall counts point to sizeable growth over the past decade in the recall notices of Chinese-made consumer goods from 58 in 2002 to 153 in 2014. Increasingly, customers are asking for smaller, more frequent, more customized orders; transportation costs and commodity prices are rising, and exchange-rate pressures are increasing.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

Logistics was first applied and recognised in military operations, its most significant impact is felt through the functions of production, distribution and consumption (Rodrigue and Slack, 2002). The First: The Transportation Era (1950s). The Fourth: Transportation, Deregulation, Physical Distribution and Business Logistics (1980s).

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How Supply Chain Strategy Misalignment is Killing Kmart USA

Logistics Bureau

The two companies switched positions in 1991, an event which heralded the start of a decade-long decline for Kmart, which ended in bankruptcy in 2002 and led to a subsequent merger with Sears in 2004. To optimise transportation and distribution. Where Did Supply Chain Strategy Fall Down at Kmart? I would say “probably not.”