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Crowdsourcing and Collaborative Logistics: Insights from the Annual WERC Conference

FLEXE

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the annual WERC (Warehouse Education Research Council) conference in Providence, Rhode Island. Flexport , an international long-haul container shipping service. We look forward to seeing everyone at WERC 2017!

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Crowdsourcing and Collaborative Logistics: Insights from the Annual WERC Conference

FLEXE

<p>Last week I had the pleasure of attending the annual <a href="[link] target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">WERC</a> (Warehouse Education Research Council) conference in Providence, Rhode Island. </p>

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Most Important U.S. Infrastructure to Build is within its Borders

Enterra Insights

The 2017 report card assigns an overall D+ to America’s infrastructure highlighting just how serious the problem is. Port congestion, lock delays and the penalty associated with not having infrastructure in place to handle larger ships make American products more expensive.”[7] Bridges: C+.