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Crime is Adding to Supply Chain Woes

Enterra Insights

Back in the fall of 2021, Walgreens announced it was closing five San Francisco stores, citing ongoing organized retail crime as the reason. At the time, Walgreens spokesperson Phil Caruso stated, “Organized retail crime continues to be a challenge facing retailers across San Francisco, and we are not immune to that.”[1]

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The TraylorTranspo Story with Brittany Traylor

The Logistics of Logistics

Prior to launching her own company in 2021, Brittany was an owner-operator for over 5 years. Turvo is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in Dallas, Texas, and Hyderabad, India. During that time, Brittany drove dry van, flat bed, and over-dimensional loads all over the lower 48 states.

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Supply Chain Disruptions Directly Attributed to a Portion of US Inflation

Supply Chain Matters

In this Supply Chain Matters posting, we highlight a published analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco quantifying the effects of supply chain disruptions have had on the existing U.S. While demand factors played a large role in the spring of 2021, they explain only about a third of recent elevated inflation levels.

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Ranking Journals: Academic Journal Guide 2021 (“ABS List”)

SCM Research

The influential Chartered Association of Business Scholars has just published its Academic Journal Guide 2021. My conclusion: The team behind the 2021 Academic Journal Guide appears to have listened to the harsh criticism from OSCM scholars. What does this mean for the operations and supply chain management (OSCM) research community?

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The Future of U.S. Infrastructure, Conclusion

Enterra Insights

Some of the largest natural harbors are Puget Sound, San Francisco Bay and the Chesapeake Bay. 1] Alejandra Salgado, “ 8 industry reactions: How the infrastructure deal could change supply chains ,” Supply Chain Dive, 19 November 2021. [2] ” The Washington Post, 18 November 2021. [3] Footnotes. [1]

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Top 6 Retail Trends & Supply Chain Planning Challenges in 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

in 2021 compared to the year before. While supply chain compromises accounted for 1% of the intrusions in 2021, they rose to 17% in 2022. She is one of the contributing authors in the Oxford Handbook of Price Management and has been a guest lecturer at San Francisco State and Columbia University business school on multiple occasions.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

Starting next week in selected cities, consumers will see new features in the Uber Eats app and website designed to make grocery shopping more convenient, intuitive and reliable, San Francisco-based Uber Technologies said Thursday. Port lockdowns and a shortage of containers in 2020 and 2021 contributed to skyrocketing leasing costs.