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Expert Research, What Happened with IMO 2020 Fuel Prices?

Freight Plus

An update on how things are developing with IMO 2020/VLSFO. . As of today, the highest VLSFO costs I see are in Houston, TX at $526/MT. IF380 in Houston, TX is at $375/MT. . Chris was director of supply chain at SharkNinja where he was responsible for procurement, inventory management, and new product development.

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Expert Research, What Happened with IMO 2020 Fuel Prices?

Freight Plus

An update on how things are developing with IMO 2020/VLSFO. . As of today, the highest VLSFO costs I see are in Houston, TX at $526/MT. IF380 in Houston, TX is at $375/MT. . Chris was director of supply chain at SharkNinja where he was responsible for procurement, inventory management, and new product development.

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Auto Supply Chain Prophets Podcast Wrap-up: Eps. 1-5

QAD

His depth of experience at GM started on the engineering side before moving into manufacturing operations, at a time when GM was newly focusing on lean manufacturing and just-in-time inventory processes modeled by the Toyota Production System. From manufacturing, he moved into supply chain.

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The State of Holiday Shipping & Learnings for Next Peak Season

Intelligent Audit

According to the Journal of Commerce , the New York and New Jersey port backlog is increasing and leading to more instability in terms of product replenishment and inventory management in the weeks after Christmas. The Wall Street Journal noted that rail rates are up an average of 23% compared to 2020. Rail Rates Are Increasing.

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Supply Chain Talk: Do Numbers Tell the Full Story?

Arkieva

percent in Houston. For those that have worked in the supply chain, the situation is similar to reducing inventory and increasing receivables at the same time. Read Also: Forget the Supply Chain of 2020. While both the hires and separations rates remained unchanged at 3.2 in the south to as much as 3.4

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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

Five days later, the Ideal-X sailed into Houston, Texas, where waiting trucks collected the containers for delivery to local factories and warehouses. ” According to Goh, “The question remains to define what the optimal mix of foldable and regular containers carriers should maintain in their inventory is.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

With the new expansion, Amazon is rolling out same-day delivery to Prime members in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Tampa, Charlotte and Houston, bringing the total markets served to 12. In these markets, shoppers will be able to place orders online throughout the day, then have items on their doorstep in as fast as five hours.