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You Should Be Worried. Supply Chains Are Not OK. Let’s Lock Arms To Drive Change

Supply Chain Shaman

I find no agency or entity trying to find a holistic solution to global logistics. When the ball drops on Times Square to welcome in 2022, the employees at the Port of Long Beach will celebrate moving 9 M TEUs in imports: a 26% increase year-over-year. The average purchase order changes 3-4X before shipment.

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You Should Be Worried. Supply Chains Are Not OK. Let’s Lock Arms To Drive Change

Supply Chain Shaman

I find no agency or entity trying to find a holistic solution to global logistics. When the ball drops on Times Square to welcome in 2022, the employees at the Port of Long Beach will celebrate moving 9 M TEUs in imports: a 26% increase in year-over-year volume. The average purchase order changes 3-4X before shipment.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 9-13, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Roadnet® Technologies Introduces Advanced Business Intelligence Tool, Insight. Moving on to 3PL news: Last week in my comments about GrubHub’s two acquisitions , I said that we were going to see a lot more activity in the same-day/local delivery space in the weeks and months ahead. UX had revenue and adjusted EBITDA of $113.2

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The Importance of International Transportation Visibility in a Global Pandemic

3rdwave

The vast majority of these supply-side shipments come in through the port of Long Beach/LA. His direct international supply chain is outsourced to a global 3PL. He is calling his 3PL asking for clarity and only gets partial answers – if he even gets through to them at all. Good luck with his 3rd party suppliers. .

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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

Foxconn execs cite Belkin’s widely recognized brand name, strong sales channel presence and growth potential, as well as its best in-class capabilities and solutions, as primary motivators for the acquisition. In March 2018, Belkin was acquired by Foxconn Interconnect Technology Ltd. billion in annual sales across 500 stores.

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Takeaways from TPM 2019

3rdwave

Sitting at the airport awaiting my flight back home provides an opportunity to reflect back on my experience at the TPM 2019 conference in Long Beach, California. While this may be the case, and distributed ledger technology is a potential solution to the problem, there are also some downsides to it.

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Takeaways from TPM 2019

3rdwave

Sitting at the airport awaiting my flight back home provides an opportunity to reflect back on my experience at the TPM 2019 conference in Long Beach, California. While this may be the case, and distributed ledger technology is a potential solution to the problem, there are also some downsides to it.