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What’s Holding Back Customer-Centric Air Cargo?

Freightos

Charley Dehoney, Exec VP Strategy and Growth at Airspace Technologies. Alaska Airlines launched online seat booking in December 1995 – over 20 years ago! Image courtesy of Alaska Airlines. Disruption in supply chain and freight forwarding creates uncertainty when dealing with companies inventories.

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Boeing’s Corporate Culture Fix is a Systemic Challenge

Supply Chain Matters

Background In early January, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft flying at 16,000 feet experienced a main cabin decompression as a result of a rear exit fuselage door plug blowing out. Fortunately, the aircraft was able to return to its point of departure, Portland, Oregon for an emergency landing.

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Supply Chain Talk: The Secret to Standardization – Imagine Wearing a Standard Shoe Design on Both Feet

Arkieva

This is not surprising because the typical hospital carries inventory for more than 10,000 items, and may have as many as 25,000 items on its books. The cost per seat mile for the value-based airlines like Alaska and Spirit is as much as 25% less than most full-service airlines. Take the airline industry as an example.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

For that reason, you may want to consider a project manager to help oversee your implementation to help drive your compliance strategy forward. New technology and processes will likely need to be implemented, and what’s more, your staff will need to be on board and fully trained with these new changes. Fields marked with a * are required.

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Everything You Need to Know About USPS Ground Advantage

ShipBob

USPS Ground Advantage is a domestic-only service, which means USPS offers it for parcels traveling to all 50 states, including Alaska and Hawaii. In essence, it allows USPS customers to save more money on both their lightweight and heavier packages! It’s also available for shipping to U.S. territories and shipping to U.S. they are located.

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Recap: State of the Supply Chain in 2022, Live Chat with Tom Linton

Resilinc

In a recent webinar, Linton and Resilinc VP of Customer Success, Glenn Wilensky, discussed Resilinc’s EventWatch supply chain data for the first half of the year, the future of inventory management, changing geopolitical, cyber and ESG risks in supply chains, and many other topics. Yet, that is still the OEM’s inventory.