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BR Williams Celebrates National Logistics Day

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

From the first load transported to Roanoke, VA, on June 3rd, 2010, to the successful delivery of 77,291 shipments across all 48 contiguous states, including Alaska, BR Williams has consistently proven its efficiency and effectiveness in logistics management.

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Boeing 737 MAX Door Plug Incident- Expanding Implications

Supply Chain Matters

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides an additional update on the incident involving an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft’s decompression. The Journal report makes reference to a white paper published in 2001 penned by a then Boeing aerospace engineer.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

In case you’re unfamiliar with that term, mechatronics is a multidisciplinary field that refers to the skill sets needed in the contemporary, advanced automated manufacturing industry. The cutoff dates apply to shipments moving within the lower 48 states and Alaska and Hawaii. Last year’s cutoff was set at December 9.

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The Importance of Transparency in Supply Chains

Enterra Insights

While both phrases are used to reference many of the same things, there are differences in their connotations in both the eyes of customers and logistics partners.”[3]. Logistics providers market benefits of visibility and transparency, but it has many customers wondering what exactly the difference is between the two terms. ”[3].

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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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What Are General Rate Increases in Shipping & What Should Enterprises Know?

Intelligent Audit

The GRI shipping term refers to the usual increase in fees that are applied to container shipping rates. including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. In modern freight transportation services, GRI stands for General Rate Increase. FedEx Freight shipping rates will increase by an average of 4.9% and Canada. and Mexico.”.

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The Texas Triangle

The Logistics of Logistics

The other day I was talking with my friends, Kevin and Wayne at Loadtex and they kept referring to the “Texas Triangle.” The Texas Triangle refers to an area of Texas that is roughly bordered by Dallas, Houston and San Antonio / Austin (when you are Texas you get to call 4 points a triangle). It turns out it was none of those things.

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