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Driving the Mission with Graig Morin

The Logistics of Logistics

Graig is the Co-Founder and President of Brown Dog Carriers & Logistics. For the past 19 years, Graig has dreamed of owning and operating a driver friendly transportation and logistics company. In December 2008, the United States Senate agreed to a resolution that designated December 13, 2008, as Wreaths Across America Day.

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Addressing Challenges in Global Logistics Operations with Technology

DELMIA Quintiq

Disrupted Logistics in Supply Chain Over the last four to five years, we have experienced disrupted logistics—broadly defined here as the interruption or complete breakdown of the supply chain functions at one or multiple levels. In March 2022, the United States had a record-high 8.1 million vacant job openings.

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Doing Our Part To Help Logistics Companies Adapt to COVID-19

Freightos

And, through it all, logistics providers keep critical goods moving. The FBX has been produced weekly since April 2018 based off of live pricing data from hundreds of global logistics providers. Since 2008, WebCargo has helped top forwarders automate rate management and back-office operations. Ports open and close. LEARN MORE.

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Supply Chain Normalcy? Think Again.

Supply Chain Shaman

The global supply chain is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, availability of reasonably priced logistics, and low variability. In March 2023, the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index fell to the lowest level since November 2008. United States Inflation Rates and GDP Inflation is the highest in forty years.

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Moving the Mission with Courtney George

The Logistics of Logistics

Courtney is the Manager of Transportation and Industry Relations for Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization that coordinates wreath-laying ceremonies at more than 3,700 locations across the United States, at sea, and abroad. National Wreaths Across America Days have been designated on the second or third Saturday of December.

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

made that prediction in 2008 (see the Barron’s article What $300-a-Barrel Oil Will Mean for You ). I use this example to illustrate the challenges (or, perhaps, the futility) of making supply chain and logistics predictions. For related commentary, see: In Logistics, Somebody Has to Own the Assets.

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7 Best Supply Chain Books of All Time

Supply Chain Opz

These universities produce outstanding SC research and some of them are from the top supply chain management course and program in the United States. Country: the interesting thing we've found is that the United States appears to be the powerhouse in supply chain management. How about its counterpart in Europe?