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Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

Talking Logistics

It said that if it takes two months for the ports to become fully operational, the window for shipping this season’s crop will have closed. The California Citrus Mutual trade group said the slowdown had cut members’ exports by half this season compared to recent years. The bottom line for all U.S.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech June 28 2022

Supply Chain Matters

indicate that both are building a data platform that aims to predict shipping delays and prescribe alternative plans for their customers. The new supply-chain intelligence platform, termed FourKites X, aims to combine data from FedEx’s network of more than 16.5 million daily shipments. million daily shipments.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 10-14, 2014)

Talking Logistics

September 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Cass Freight Index Report – October 2014. India and US reach WTO breakthrough over food (BBC News). This week, FedEx Freight drivers voted against the union in Newark, New Jersey , and Con-way Freight employees did the same in Manchester, New Hampshire.

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Campbell Testing Service to Deliver Soup to Customers’ Doors

Material Handling & Logistics

The soup company, which hasn't seen sales growth since 2014, wants to "challenge the conventional CPG model as to how products are developed, how brands are born and how we go to market.”. It hasn’t posted quarterly sales growth since 2014, and efforts to offer more fresh food have largely fallen flat. Seeking Growth. Local Movement.

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An Interview with Reshoring Initiative’s Harry Moser

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Ten years ago, when travelling in New Jersey, I drove by where the plant used to operate and broke down in tears seeing that the production was now all offshore. There are some companies who own factories offshore and 50% of the products they produce are sold to the Asian market, while 50% are shipped to America.

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Bed Bath & Beyond @BedBathBeyond Bed Bath & Beyond has discovered a way to save millions of dollars on freight over the next few years, thanks to a new 755,000 square-foot distribution facility slated to open in the fall of 2019. The new facility will allow the company to offer two-day shipping to most (about 90%) of the U.S.

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Do Freight Shipping Prices Vary by State?

Freight Center

Several factors can impact the cost of freight shipping, including your shipment’s weight, dimensions and any special handling requirements, such as temperature or shape. Additionally, you may notice that the cost of your shipment changes depending on which state you are shipping to or from.

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