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This Week in Logistics News (November 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

TomTom launches toll reporting to help transport companies manage costs. UPS Sets 2014 Rates. Port truck drivers on West Coast protest costs, working conditions ( Cargo Business News ). In other transportation-related news, UPS announced that UPS Ground, Air and International, and Air Freight rates within and between the U.S.,

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

Elementum

Transport network disruption. Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, drug manufacturing plants were faced with production delays, fueling nationwide shortages of basic medicines. Potential Sources of Disruption. Unplanned IT or telecommunications outage. Cyberattack and data breach. Weather event.

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

Elementum

Transport network disruption. Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, drug manufacturing plants were faced with production delays, fueling nationwide shortages of basic medicines. Potential Sources of Disruption. Unplanned IT or telecommunications outage. Cyberattack and data breach. Weather event.

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Doing Business in the United States

QAD

In addition, the United States has several permanently inhabited territories, including Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. has 5,054 airports, most of which have paved runways long enough to handle large jets and cargo planes. Cargo transportation in the U.S. million sq. km of area, 9.1 million sq.