Supply Chain Digest

MARCH 17, 2022

Logistics Firms Commit to Planned Ocean Shipping Portal. US Apparel Company to Open Plant in Alabama. Retail Sales Slow in February, Maybe Due to Inflation. eCommerce Sales Predicted to Rise Sharply in 2022

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MARCH 17, 2022

If in-house logistics, shipping, and supply chain management are no longer feasible, it may be time to start working with a trusted partner. Be sure to ask about their processes for picking, packing, shipping, and tracking orders. For many startups and small eCommerce companies, logistics get handled in-house initially.

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American Global Logistics

AUGUST 1, 2023

An Insider's Look at the Current State and Future Trends of Global Trade Introduction to Ocean Shipping in 2023 Ocean shipping plays a vital role in the global trade landscape. The sheer scale and efficiency of ocean shipping have made it an indispensable component of the global supply chain.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

MAY 17, 2024

The Value of Outsourced Logistics from Port to Porch In today’s fast-paced business landscape, meeting rising buyer demands requires a seamless logistics solution. Outsourcing this process to a single provider alleviates logistical headaches , allowing businesses to focus on core operations and enhance customer experiences.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

During significant supply chain disruptions , some solutions can help you mitigate shipping disruptions and better serve your customers. For months, global shipping has struggled with deliveries. At this current time, there are no significant factors affecting the Port of Mobile in Mobile, Alabama. Finding a port.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

JULY 21, 2023

Case Study | Company Seeks Creative Solutions from Logistics Partner in BR Williams BR Williams is a 60-year-old company specializing in Trucking , Warehousing , and Logistics Services. Founded in 1958, Bill and Ruth started their local, family-owned trucking company in Oxford, Alabama. Download Now »

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

JULY 21, 2023

Case Study | Company Seeks Creative Solutions from Logistics Partner in BR Williams BR Williams is a 60-year-old company specializing in Trucking , Warehousing , and Logistics Services. Founded in 1958, Bill and Ruth started their local, family-owned trucking company in Oxford, Alabama. Download Now »

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PINC

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Other recent closures included NEMF, Falcon, Williams Trucking of Dothan, Alabama, Indiana-based A.L.A., Significant detention times at shipping and receiving facilities can create a number of challenges for trucking operations, including interruptions to otherwise tight schedules and inefficient use of equipment and labor.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

With peak shipping season just around the corner, the logistics industry is looking forward to a smoother supply chain than previous years have provided. However, transportation management experts caution logistics providers not to get too excited. Experts Weigh-In on Peak Season 2022. container imports are near record-setting.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2023

And now on to this week’s logistics news. More than 70 percent of Toyota Motor Manufacturing , Alabama’s power will soon be generated by the sun. Today, Huntsville Utilities, Toyota Alabama and Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. to smaller logistics operators scrambled to fill jobs at fulfillment centers. Employment at U.S.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Current Storm Status: While Irma has weakened to a tropical storm , it’s still packing winds of up to 97 kph and now covers six states : Alabama, North and South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. In the Caribbean, two Royal Navy ships have been tasked with delivering relief supplies. Here’s what we know: (click to zoom).

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

JUNE 16, 2022

The Port of Mobile in Alabama is a well-connected port that manufacturers and industries worldwide rely on for a good reason. Faster shipping & receiving times. Shipping efficiency is also more possible when bigger batches are broken down into smaller shipments and loaded onto freight going in the same direction.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Peak produce shipping season refers to the time period when the largest volume of fruits and vegetables are harvested and subsequently shipped to markets across the US, impacting truck capacity.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 19, 2020

Logistics? ? . Midwest Logistics ? . Logistics? ? . Logistics ? . Alabama ? . Shipping in or out of Alabama should be?back When shipping to or from California, check to ensure that facilities are online and operational. Here is what each region is seeing currently:? . Colorado ? .

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Rivian Automotive is now free to sell its EV parcel vans to other parcel carriers, and added reinforcement from multiple ocean container shipping carriers that the existing industry volume declines could extend for two to three years. based Alabama and Georgia production facilities. factory workers an 11 percent pay increase this year.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 28, 2023

Courtney’s focus is on expanding the mission within the trucking industry and supporting the logistics team with recruiting, dispatching, and carrier relations. Tusk save Shippers 40% or more on small parcel shipping.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Logistics Start-Up Loop Announces $35 Million Series B Funding Logistics industry audit and payment services platform provider Loop has announced that the start-up has raised $35 million in a Series B investment round co-led by J.P. OCEMA”) , an industry association consisting of 10 major international container shipping companies.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

With the dawn of Amazon Prime and two-day shipping, your ability to get your product to the right place at the right time matters now more than ever without jeopardizing brand loyalty. It doesn’t always make logistical sense to store and ship from where your business’s headquarters.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

APRIL 18, 2022

Shipping Delays. Problem: In today’s immediate gratification era, users don’t just want fast shipping – they expect it. As a result, Two-day shipping has become the set standard, and anything short of that may be a cause for complaint. Shipping Location Constraints. Instead, try something different.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MAY 11, 2017

If I were a Logistics Director at a company engaged in high volume shipping, I’d be concerned that the resulting rise in transportation costs will be blamed on me and the transportation department. Here’s the latest on the fuel tax debate and what savvy logistics directors are doing by way of CYA (cover your a**).

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. XPO Logistics to spin off freight brokerage. CEVA Logistics using self-driving trucks to move freight. The company already spun off its contract logistics business last year. The new spoke sites will be located in Austin and San Antonio, Texas, and Birmingham, Alabama.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 13, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The company is paying participating small businesses a per-package fee to deliver Amazon orders within a 10-mile radius to their neighbors’ homes in states like Nebraska, Mississippi, and Alabama. The post This Week in Logistics News (May 7 – 13) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Working with a partner is a great way to free up your time while enlisting an expert who can help you optimize order fulfillment and overcome logistics challenges within your business. Your e-fulfillment processes include: Getting products onto fulfillment center shelves Picking and packing orders Shipping out the products safely and timely.

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Material Handling & Logistics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

As long as Florida’s ports remain open, deliveries of fuels from so-called Jones Act tankers, or ships with permission to move supplies between two U.S. Last week, ships that normally move fuel from the Gulf Coast to Florida headed north to New York and Philadelphia to load from those ports instead. Running Low.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 5, 2020

Currently, we are seeing little fluctuation in the domestic logistics market when compared to the past few weeks. . But the Logistics Manager’s Index skyrocketed from the end of Feb ruary through April. Zipline Regional Logistics Market Updates . Northeast Logistics . Midwest Logistics . 01 per mile.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 12, 2020

Produce shipping is showing signs of strengthening and should begin building activity for the remainder of the month before leveling off in June. Regional Logistics Market Updates. Here is what each region is seeing currently: Northeast Logistics. Midwest Logistics. Southeast Logistics. Westcoast Logistics.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 12, 2024

Industry supply chains will need to weigh the risk of and migration of another shipping and logistics disruption. Workers within Hyundai’s Alabama based production facilities have voted to turn down UAW representation. Container shipping rates are on the rise, as much as 80 plus percent in the Shanghai to U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

This enables them to restructure work order tasks, optimize picking routes, and develop user-configurable workflows for all major material handling processes, from receiving to picking to shipping, including audit, cycle count, and returns.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

There is speculation that a strike could target Maersk terminals in Mobile, Alabama, that have introduced automation despite ILA objections. The union and the USMX port operators remain at odds over wage increases and port automation, and East Coast ports are already taking steps to wind down operations.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Current practice of vaccine logistics is using dry ice and gel packs, however even that has started facing issues, and not just shortage issues! As reported by the director of Maine CDC , 4000 doses of Moderna vaccine were wasted as the boxes became too warm during shipping. Michigan, on the other hand, had a different issue.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 14, 2021

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The expanded waiver runs through May 31 and covers Alabama, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, parts of Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Colonial Pipeline restarts operations, disruptions to continue.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 1, 2024

And now on to this week’s logistics news. hit 18 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militants on ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. About 6,000 workers are employed at the German automaker’s Alabama plant that builds the GLE and GLS. and the U.K.

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 30, 2025

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 15, 2025

Sal Mercogliano and Joe Lynch discuss from ports to politics: decoding tariffs, ocean shipping, and supply chains. in military and naval history from the University of Alabama. Dr. Mercogliano started What’s Going on With Shipping on YouTube in March 2021 when the MV Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal.

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Freight Plus

APRIL 1, 2025

billion steel plant in Louisiana to support vehicle production in Georgia and Alabama. However, adjusting logistics and supply chain operations to support this shift takes time and coordinationespecially for auto parts suppliers that have long relied on cross-border trade. Hyundai announced a $21 billion investment in U.S. As the U.S.

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Material Handling & Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2018

Customs approval to alter the activated area of the trade zone to include a shipping dock for exports. market, but they can be a way for companies to avoid duties on goods shipped to the U.S. market, but they can be a way for companies to avoid duties on goods shipped to the U.S. To avoid U.S. and subsequently exported.

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