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Boeing’s Newest Production and Quality Challenge

Supply Chain Matters

Latest Incident On Friday of last week, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft flying at 16,000 feet experienced a main cabin decompression as a result of a rear exit fuselage door plug blowing out. based carriers Alaska Airlines and United Airlines. Global air regulators are expected to follow.

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Breaking News- Major Senior Leadership Change for Boeing

Supply Chain Matters

Calhoun, a former General Electric and Blackstone executive was appointed in 2020 in the midst of the global wide grounding of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft as a result of two fatal crashes. They are far reaching in their implication and resolve. Existing CEO Dave Calhoun will reportedly be leaving the company at the end of 2024.

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Veterans Day 2020

Enterra Insights

Alaska standard time, and 9:11 a.m. The post Veterans Day 2020 first appeared on [link]. The law requires that the President issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe a two-minute national moment of silence on Veterans Day at 3:11 p.m. Atlantic standard time, 2:11 p.m. Eastern standard time, 1:11 p.m.

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Package Theft Season is Here

Logistics Viewpoints

Since 2020, online shopping has hit $1.7 The median value of stolen merchandise was $50, with state-specific averages varying from $30 (Arizona) to $80 (Alaska). trillion in sales, with 75 percent of Americans receiving at least one package per week.

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Getting Christmas Goods on Time: FedEx and UPS Roll Out Holiday Shipping Deadlines

Intelligent Audit

The dates are near mirror images of shipping deadlines for the 2019 and 2020 peak seasons. Holiday shipping schedules for parcel carriers, FedEx , UPS, and USPS are now available. However, the risks of late deliveries are still subject to increase, and while carrier network optimization may help, shippers still need to know these deadlines.

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What Are General Rate Increases in Shipping & What Should Enterprises Know?

Intelligent Audit

The state of GRIs has proved to be anything but usual since early 2020. per package based on February 2020 volume for FedEx. including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Prior to the capacity crunch of 2020, it would be common to see GRIs rise and fall during the validation period. per package. and Canada.

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Logistics at BR Williams

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

Since then, 77,291 shipments in all 48 contiguous states (PLUS Alaska!) Some cool facts about our Logistics Division: It was created with just one employee on May 26 th , 2010. We moved our very first load of auto parts on June 3 rd , 2010, to Roanoke, VA. have been delivered. We have contracted 8,968 motor carriers.