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The West Coast Bottleneck with Brian Rice

The Logistics of Logistics

Los Angeles is the largest port in the United States and, together with Long Beach a bit further south, account for around 30 percent of trade entering and exiting the United States. The US imported the most goods from Canada until 2007 when China replaced our neighbor to the north. trillion in U.S. imports of goods.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 26 – September 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

And when Mark Goodson and Bill Todman began shopping a modernized revival of The Price Is Right, Bob Barker joined on as the host, a role he would hold until his retirement in 2007. This year the twin complexes at Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif., Until now, the minimum purchase for free shipping has been $25.

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When We Don’t Have Answers, We Need to Work Quickly To Build Them

Supply Chain Shaman

Look at the 72 ships off the coast of Long Beach (up 65% from a year ago). Does anyone want to wager with me how many of those ships have inventory that is not really needed in the supply chain? Could Outside-in Thinking Help? Companies struggle to have the right inventories. The reason?

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When We Don’t Have Answers, We Need to Work Quickly To Build Them

Supply Chain Shaman

Look at the 72 ships off the coast of Long Beach (up 65% from a year ago). Does anyone want to wager with me how many of those ships have inventory that is not really needed in the supply chain? Could Outside-in Thinking Help? Companies struggle to have the right inventories. The reason?

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When We Don’t Have Answers, We Need to Work Quickly To Build Them

Supply Chain Shaman

Look at the 72 ships off the coast of Long Beach (up 65% from a year ago). Does anyone want to wager with me how many of those ships have inventory that is not really needed in the supply chain? Could Outside-in Thinking Help? Companies struggle to have the right inventories. The reason?