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Well Prepared Retailers Seize Opportunity for Advantage during Port Closures

Supply Chain Collaborator

Opportunity Knocks – The Wall Street Journal reports the West Coast ports’ share of container imports fell precipitously year over year between May 2014 and May 2015 according to U.S. What are the contours of the opportunity and how were some retailers prepared to seize it while many others weren’t? Census Bureau data.

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Supply Chain Risk in the Age of Big Data

Enterra Insights

Megginson, a Louisiana State University business professor, stated, “It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself.”[1] Footnotes. [1]

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Which States are Making the Grade in Logistics?

Material Handling & Logistics

Content Summary: Louisiana is one of the only two states in the U.S. Content Summary: Louisiana is one of the only two states in the U.S. Louisiana’s transportation infrastructure includes: · Six interstate highways. The state received a B+. Printer-friendly version. Media Type. Media Credit. Privacy Settings.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 3-7, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Things that make you go “hmm”… In more relevant news… Descartes Reports Fiscal 2014 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results. According to the press release: The propane fleet will replace gasoline- and diesel-fueled vehicles used largely in rural areas in Louisiana and Oklahoma with other states pending.

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A 3PL Exec, a Fleet Owner, and a Media Queen walk into a bar…And What Happened Showed Humanity Around Taxes

GlobalTranz

Or what if, for example, you had been one of several hundred or more owner-operators living in New Orleans, Louisiana during the last week of August, 2005 when Hurricane Katrina wiped out countless homes and businesses, including those of these professional drivers and other transportation and logistics professionals?

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Do Freight Shipping Prices Vary by State?

Freight Center

billion in 2014. This results in reasonable freight rates within the state of Louisiana. Most freight shipments into the state of Connecticut go by way of truck ( 94% ). Freight plays a significant contribution to this state’s business activity, accounting for $58.1 Trucks dominate freight shipments in and out of the state of Maine.

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Do Freight Shipping Prices Vary by State?

Freight Center

billion in 2014. This results in reasonable freight rates within the state of Louisiana. Most freight shipments into the state of Connecticut go by way of truck ( 94% ). Freight plays a significant contribution to this state’s business activity, accounting for $58.1 Trucks dominate freight shipments in and out of the state of Maine.