Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2022

In this regular edition of our featured column, Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech , we provide a capsule synopsis of noteworthy supply chain management focused technology news which we believe would be of specific interest to our global-based multi-industry supply chain readership.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) reached a tentative new 5-year agreement late on Friday, so the West Coast ports resumed full operations this past weekend. But there’s little time to celebrate. The bottom line for all U.S.

Long Beach 100

Long Beach Negotiating Skills South Carolina Los Angeles 100

Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

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.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 139

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. With how quickly new technology, tips and warehouse management techniques are emerging, wouldn’t it be nice to take a page from someone else’s book? Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

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. Robinson operates within the supply chain of the same manufacturers who the Reshoring Initiative is working to educate around the total cost of ownership.

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. FedEx is the largest cargo airline in the world in terms of scheduled freight tonne kilometers (FTK), a distinction the company has held since 2014, and it’s the fourth largest in terms of fleet size.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

This is not only true for financial investments, but also for supply chain and logistics predictions. Like I said last year, making supply chain and logistics predictions is like throwing darts at a moving target: sometimes you get lucky and hit the mark; other times you miss the bullseye by a mile.

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