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Company Seeks Creative Solutions from Logistics Partner in BR Williams

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

Founded in 1958, Bill and Ruth started their local, family-owned trucking company in Oxford, Alabama. The dilemma required the company to partner with year-round, temperature-controlled capacity to transport the product. This refrigerated shipping method costs significantly more than the standard 53-foot dry van capacity.

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A Chilling Problem: Temperature Controlled Logistics

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

Founded in 1958, Bill and Ruth started their local, family-owned trucking company in Oxford, Alabama. The dilemma required the company to partner with year-round, temperature-controlled capacity to transport the product. This refrigerated shipping method costs significantly more than the standard 53-foot dry van capacity.

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Plant-location decisions and potential supply chain risk

Kinaxis

As might be expected, it’s news of the joint-venture plant that is attracting attention, especially since the companies announced the plant would have an estimated annual production capacity of approximately 300,000 units, will require a total investment of approximately 1.6 By further increasing its production capacity in the U.S.,

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BR Williams Celebrates 5 Years in Mobile, AL

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

Established in 2015, the Mobile, AL distribution center and leased warehouse space is strategically located in Mobile County, Alabama near the Port of Mobile. With a drayage capacity shortage at the port and container rentals and chassis being so expensive, this is an essential service.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up

Supply Chain Matters

based Alabama and Georgia production facilities. All three reportedly represent one-third of global ocean container capacity. Hyundai Motor America announced this week that the automaker will raise certain U.S. production worker hourly wages starting in January 2024. factory workers an 11 percent pay increase this year.

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Your supply chain is costing you money – Reason #8: Keeping supply chain information in silos (and preventing your users from making the best decisions)

Kinaxis

A date that given the current state of the supply chain, including component availability and capacity, accurately represented when the order could be fulfilled? Imagine if you could provide the customer service person with a system that determined the “capable to promise” date. Comment back and let us know!

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Supply Chain Disruptions? Everything’s Clearer with the Right TMS Technology

TMC

it’s watermelon season in Alabama, so carrier capacity is suddenly an added constraint. Spot bid tools give the capability to source capacity for the most critical of shipments and benchmark rates within your carrier network to mitigate additional costs as much as possible.