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This Week in Logistics News (February 8-12, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Back in June 2009, I wrote the following in a post titled Amazon.com: A Customer-Centric 3PL : “You won’t find Amazon.com on any ‘Top 25 3PLs’ list, but the company is a leading 3PL in my book.” Amazon’s plan would culminate with the launch of a new venture called “Global Supply Chain by Amazon,” as soon as this year, the documents said.

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Executing Customer-Centric Supply Chain Strategies

Supply Chain Shaman

About twice a month, companies ask me to review their strategy documents. The Company was my client for many years at AMR Research, and when I look at Mark’s slides for the webinar, I see many of the elements that we heatedly debated in the period of 2009-2010. Price and shipping policies should go hand in hand.

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Managing Supplier Risk: A Lesson from Parnell and Peanuts

EcoVadis

The sentence comes as a result of the late 2008-2009 salmonella outbreak linked back to PCA plants in Texas and Georgia. The 2008-2009 outbreak was no minor outbreak (and even if it had been, should that matter?). But could have increased supplier oversight prevented the disastrous 2008-2009 outbreak?

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Travel to Compliance and Efficiency with Supply Chain Mapping

RFgen

According to ICE, from 2003 to 2009, Sabre falsified shipping documents, used false bottoms on crates and lied on business records. Not only did Sabre violate the Arms Control Export Act by not securing authorization from the U.S.

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Travel to Compliance and Efficiency with Supply Chain Mapping

RFgen

According to ICE, from 2003 to 2009, Sabre falsified shipping documents, used false bottoms on crates and lied on business records. Not only did Sabre violate the Arms Control Export Act by not securing authorization from the U.S.

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Judging Supply Chain Improvement: Campbell Soup Case Study

Supply Chain Shaman

We simplified our SC strategy and communicated in a straightforward, one-page document that laid out primary goal areas. Our The good news is that the team was aware of the results and feel that they have righted the ship in 2014. Our intention was to maintain constancy of purpose and continuity.

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Ocean Carrier Alliances: What You Need to Know

Talking Logistics

container carriers) can partner in our industry: Slot Charter Agreements: When a shipping company buys a certain number of slots from another carrier. Partners within a shipping consortium agree to operate liner services along a specified route using a specified number of vessels. Industry Woes: The Supply and Demand Imbalance.