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Supply Chain: The True Game of Risk

Supply Chain Shaman

When I was a small child growing up in the mountains of West Virginia in the United States, on snowy days, my family would gather around the kitchen table and play board games. One of my favorites was the board game Risk. It was a turn-based board game introduced in the 1950(s). The impacts can be severe resulting in material events.

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Do Freight Shipping Prices Vary by State?

Freight Center

billion in 2014. West Virginia. 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 Delaware contains a large number of ports and freights, making intermodal transportation a good choice.

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Do Freight Shipping Prices Vary by State?

Freight Center

billion in 2014. West Virginia. 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 Delaware contains a large number of ports and freights, making intermodal transportation a good choice.

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Do Freight Shipping Prices Vary by State?

Freight Center

billion in 2014. West Virginia. 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 Delaware contains a large number of ports and freights, making intermodal transportation a good choice.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 16-20, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Derailed CSX train in West Virginia hauled newer-model tank cars ( Reuters ). XPO Logistics Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2014 Results. million companies, including two thirds of those on the 2014 Forbes Global 2000 list, are connected to Ariba® Network. Menlo Logistics Unveils Innovation Speaks.

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Labor Day 2023

Enterra Insights

According to Fehrenbach, the strike began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, in response to a series of wage cuts by the railroad. Fehrenbach reports, “[The West Virginia riot] ignited a series of strikes across four mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states. The violence, however, was not localized.