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Emergency Freight: What Harvey Tells Us About Irma

DAT Solutions

Big weather events, like Super Storm Sandy in 2012 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005, usually affect freight movements in three stages: Before the storm , if it is predicted in advance, shippers hustle to move freight out of the way of the impending onslaught. To learn more about how you can help, visit the Red Cross website.

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Hurricane season 2024: how to prepare your supply chain

Resilinc

Colorado State University (CSU) forecasts 23 storms, 11 hurricanes, and 5 major hurricanes—the highest prediction they have ever issued. Hurricane Katrina’s impact on supply chain (2005) Hurricane Katrina was a devastating Category 5 hurricane that caused catastrophic damage and loss of life along the U.S. Gulf Coast in August 2005.

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Reverse Logistics – What Happens to Stuff We Return?

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Dale Rogers, a business professor at Arizona State, gave a presentation with his son Zachary Rogers, a business professor at Colorado State, during which they said that winter-holiday returns in the United States are now worth more than $300 billion a year. “So The field is large and growing.