The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
JULY 21, 2014
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to the LA economy, not only because they provide a significant number of jobs in the shipping and logistics industries, but also because they give the city itself a competitive edge with regard to shipping times and transportation costs when it comes to operating a global businesses here.
Enterra Insights
DECEMBER 21, 2023
The patriarch of the family was a German immigrant named Albert Ecke, who in 1900, landed in Los Angeles on his way to Fiji. He decided to forego the trip to Fiji and stay in Los Angeles. .” That family was the Ecke family. That decision, Crockett notes, “would change the trajectory of agricultural history.”
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The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
MAY 29, 2014
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Elementum
JULY 28, 2015
On July 21, truckers working for the Pacific 9 Transportation company went on indefinite strike, causing further congestion problems and delays at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Because of the shortage, wages for truckers have grown 25% to over $50,000 annually, up from $40,360 in 2012. Strikes and Wage Hikes.
Infosys Supply Chain Management
DECEMBER 18, 2012
This commentary is an interim follow-up to this authors previous Infosys Limited guest commentary: Headline for the 2012 Holiday Buying Season- Overcoming the Challenges of Fulfillment Complexity. west coast ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach occurred in early December, after the bulk of holiday goods had already arrived.
Talking Logistics
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
Those same words were said when the ports were shut down for 10 days in 2002 , and again in December 2012 when 600 clerks went on strike , shutting down the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for 8 days. The serious and negative impacts this dispute left on the economy demonstrates why we cannot let this happen again.”.
FLEXE
MARCH 5, 2017
In 2012, things began to pick up even more. In 2014 and 2015, the eCommerce-founded retailer opened two brick-and-mortar locations in the Los Angeles area—following suit behind other digitally born retailers like Warby Parker, Everlane, and Amazon expanding their presence through physical storefronts.
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