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This Week in Logistics News (April 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

Spending is growing across several categories, and the top Easter items consumers say they are planning to purchase include candy ($3.3 The made-to-fit boxes, along with other efforts to reduce the use of cardboard, have cut the average weight of packaging used per shipment by 38 percent since 2015. billion), gifts ($3.8

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2015 : solar-powered vessel, robot dispatcher, 3-D printed flight parts, and more. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has implemented a new process to allow shippers to submit original vehicle export documentation electronically in lieu of delivering physical copies to their local CBP trade office.

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

Elementum

Potential Sources of Disruption. Well-documented ~ Your contingency plan is of little value unless all relevant stakeholders are trained on it and prepared to jump into action when a disruption does occur. Identifying sources of risk and developing a plan are only part of the story. Unplanned IT or telecommunications outage.

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Supply Chain Best Practices: Preparing for the Worst

Elementum

Potential Sources of Disruption. Well-documented ~ Your contingency plan is of little value unless all relevant stakeholders are trained on it and prepared to jump into action when a disruption does occur. Identifying sources of risk and developing a plan are only part of the story. Unplanned IT or telecommunications outage.

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Logistics Bureau Supply Chain and Logistics News Roundup, July 2022

Logistics Bureau

Supply challenges arising from the war will hit many industries, with electronics being a prime example, since Russia and Ukraine are both sources of materials such as palladium and neon , vital for the manufacture of semiconductors. In 2015, it stood at around $5.40. Grain From Ukraine: Will it Start Moving at Last?

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6 Digitization Steps to Overcome Supply Chain Disruptions & Build Resiliency

Turvo

According to Supply & Demand Chain Executive , supply chain disruptions resulted in costs of more than $56 billion in 2015, and five years later, that average is on track to more than double following the coronavirus crisis. Well, the digital supply chain is the ideal way to tap that value by digitizing documents. Think about it.

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

A shift to manufacturing critical goods like pharmaceuticals in the United States would lead to higher production costs, for instance. Beachgoer is an AI-assisted eCommerce startup that leverages big data to make profitable purchase decisions. The ideal sourcing location will be a balance in terms of cost, quality and logistics cost.