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Protect Your Business From Flooding (and other Natural Disasters)!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Fortunately, they don’t often happen in America – and when they do, it’s usually in California or Alaska. Let’s say that the weather forecast has predicted extreme snow. Rather than ignore the forecast, you should take action by instructing your employees to work from home on the forecasted days. Earthquakes.

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Understanding Inventory Tax: An eCommerce Merchant’s Guide

Ware2Go

The states that currently tax inventory are: Arkansas Alaska Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Oklahoma Texas Vermont Virginia West Virginia. Tracking inventory will improve several aspects of your business including inventory forecasting, reducing stockouts, reducing inventory shrinkage, and calculating inventory tax.

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New UPS Simple Rate Explained

Intelligent Audit

One of the advantages this offers shippers is the ability to more accurately forecast package delivery cost and avoiding surcharges such as Residential Delivery, Delivery Area, and fuel. delivering to anywhere in the US, with slightly modified rates for shipping involving Hawaii and Alaska. The new service is for packages up to 50 lbs.

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Supply Chain Management:Lubrication Management - An Integral.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

There was an incident where Alaska Airlines (flight 261) flying from Mexico to Seattle airport plunged into the Pacific Ocean. Supply Chain Planning & Forecasting (60). « ERP in Cloud - Hype or Hope!!! Main | Gamification - An EAM perspective » Lubrication Management - An Integral part of Asset Management - Part I.

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Who’s Catching the Holiday Shopping Fever?

Enterra Insights

behind Hawaii, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alaska. 1] Lisa Rowan, “ NRF forecasts strong holiday season, despite tariffs ,” Retail Dive , 4 October 2019. [2] .” The article notes, “An estimated 19.1% of West Virginians live in poverty. A sluggish economy doesn’t encourage spending.” Footnotes. [1]

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Van Horne Institute Considers Alaska Transport Route, and Weighs Trump’s Plans for Keystone XL

NC State SCRC

The Alberta government asked the Van Horne Institute to examine the case for building a railway from the Oil Sands fields of Fort McMurray to the Delta junction in Alaska. The team was not sure that the Alaska Pipeline would be interested in taking Canadian oil into their system. This leaves one option open: Go North.

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