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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

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The port handles about 11 million tons of cargo per year, including automobiles, containers, coal, and farm products. According to a widely cited framework by Christopher and Peck from “Building the Resilient Supply Chain” (2004), supply chain resilience consists of four dimensions: robustness, agility, redundancy, and flexibility.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 27 – April 3)

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As a 17-year periodical, these cicadas have lived underground in wingless nymph form since 2004, about a foot or two down, feeding on sap from tree roots. For example, asset-based carrier Cargo Transporters ran across-the-board pay raises but were still having trouble attracting drivers. When they do emerge, there can be as many as 1.5

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

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In 2016, the company increased its EBIT in the Americas by 40%, with continued growth. Mary Kay @MaryKay Mary Kay has a long history of supply chain innovation, earning accolades as far back as 2004 and 2005. About 40% of VF Corp’s production is sourced from the Americas, more than double the industry average.