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This Week in Logistics News (November 25 – December 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

In other Walmart news, the company is importing more goods to the United States from India and reducing its reliance upon China as it looks to cut costs and diversify its supply chain. million through the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program. Walmart shipped one quarter of its U.S. FlexCold LLC plans to use $8.2

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Winter Alert: Winter Weather Conditions Developing Across Much of the US

GlobalTranz

All westbound lanes of I-40 near Albuquerque, NM are closed. The GlobalTranz team will continue to track these storm systems' impact on shippers and carriers in the affected regions and assist with any weather-related supply chain disruptions. I-10 is closed from Baton Rouge, LA to Lafayette, LA due to ice and accidents.

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Severe weather causes freight rates to slip

DAT Solutions

Road closures isolated Denver from parts of the supply chain last week. That led to an increase on the lane from Seattle to Salt Lake City , as an alternative to bringing in supplies from Denver. Denver to Albuquerque, NM increased to $2.07/mi. Rising Rates. Seattle to Salt Lake City moved up to $1.90/mi.

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Mining Mountains of Data for Insights

Enterra Insights

Supply chains are complex and cognitive analytics can help deal with that complexity. 6] Footnotes [1] Boian Alexandrov and Velimir ‘Monty’ Vesselinov, “ Finding the needles in ‘big data’ haystacks ,” Albuquerque Journal, 7 March 2021. [2] ” 5. Complex Supplier Networks.

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When Opportunity Knocks, Say YES!

BlueYonder

On Wednesdays, Supply Chain Nation will shine a light on the role of women in the world of technology and supply chain. VM: I think maybe women traditionally didn’t have an interest in technology and supply chain. SCN: What do you like about working in technology and supply chain? Interested?

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When Opportunity Knocks, Say YES!

BlueYonder

On Wednesdays, Supply Chain Nation will shine a light on the role of women in the world of technology and supply chain. VM: I think maybe women traditionally didn’t have an interest in technology and supply chain. SCN: What do you like about working in technology and supply chain? Interested?

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The Top Logistics and Supply Chain Journalists & Thought Leaders to Know for 2020

Shipchain

Knowledge is power in the world of supply chain management, and every company is searching for the next best way to save money and meet consumer demand. That’s why we’ve created this list of the top logistics and supply chain journalists and thought leaders that we follow and suggest you check out in 2020. . Paul Abbott.