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Agriculture in the City

Enterra Insights

Readers old enough to remember the 1960s, might recall the television show “Green Acres” starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm. FarmedHere said in 2015 that it planned to build 18 farms near major cities. Farm livin’ is the life for me.

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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement

Talking Logistics

In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. Meanwhile, ocean carriers continue to deal with overcapacity; rates for Asia-U.S.

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Amazon Prime Now – The Cost of Expediting the Last Mile

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

In Q1 2015 there were reports saying that Amazon had opened Prime Now warehouses in Austin and New York City. Assuming that each of these new Prime Now warehouses has about 350K square feet, then the additional annual operation cost would be $70M (350K * 2 * 100 = $70M). Prime Now Markets (as of Q1 2015).

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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. In markets with high land values, such as New York City, Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area, multistory distribution centers are emerging. Warehouse Automation. Media Type. Privacy Settings.

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Made in America Gifts For the Holidays

Material Handling & Logistics

A study done in 2015 by Moneycrashers.com found that consumers preferred made in America for other reasons including: Jobs -- The most common reason shoppers give for buying American is to help save or create jobs in the United States. According to a 2015 report from the Economic Policy Institute, the U.S. New Balance.

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Stuck in Traffic: Dealing With The High Cost of Congestion

Talking Logistics

billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2015. In related news, the Wall Street Journal reported this past weekend that “New York City officials are rolling out new initiatives to try to speed up travel times on the city’s traffic-clogged streets,” including implementing new restrictions for loading trucks.

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In Memoriam: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Enterra Insights

According to one source, “She faced gender-based discrimination from even the highest authorities there, who chastised her for taking a man’s spot at Harvard Law.”[1] When he recovered from cancer and graduated, he accepted a position at a New York City law firm. Having a year of law school remaining, Ms.

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