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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the early morning hours of April 26, at approximately 1:35am, a cargo ship leaving Baltimore Harbor struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, triggering a catastrophic collapse of the 1.6-mile-long The end result of the loss of propulsion was the ship crashing into the bridge. Walmart Canada is piloting an automated receiving solution.

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The Pain of Picking the Wrong 3PL with Esther Kestenbaum Prozan

The Logistics of Logistics

Esther has also held SVP and VP roles with retail marketing technology companies specializing in mobile, ad tech and data analytics. With a strategically located international footprint of distribution centers in the United States, Canada, and the UK, Ruby Has Fulfillment is a company in hyper-growth. About Ruby Has Fulfillment.

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The Pain of Picking the Wrong 3PL with Esther Kestanbaum Prozan

The Logistics of Logistics

Esther has also held SVP and VP roles with retail marketing technology companies specializing in mobile, ad tech and data analytics. With a strategically located international footprint of distribution centers in the United States, Canada, and the UK, Ruby Has Fulfillment is a company in hyper-growth. About Ruby Has Fulfillment.

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International Shipping: The Complete Guide for eCommerce Sellers

Ware2Go

Offering international shipping in your ecommerce shop can open your business up to a world of opportunity. This straightforward guide defines some commonly used terms and outlines your options to ship cross-border and expand your customer base. For DDP shipments, the seller pays the duties upfront before shipping the item.

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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. To help your company keep total costs in check, this blog will dig into the fundamentals behind GRI shipping increases, what a GRI surcharge is and a few other things to know. What GRI Stands for in Shipping.

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What is Supply Chain Decision Support? Are We Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today’s headline news includes AllBirds, Boeing, Canada Goose, Chemours, EMC, Hanes Brands, Fisker, Ford, Krispy Kreme, LKQ, Ryder, Tesla, Timken, Tyson Foods, Weight Watchers International, and WestRock. Most supply chain models are “ship from” models based on orders. The market is punishing those missing the mark.

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Trends 2022: Quantum Computing

Enterra Insights

This may be a reaction to the ongoing supply chain crisis, which quantum could help relieve through its potential to solve complex optimization problems common in shipping and logistics.” 2] Samhitha Sharma, “ Quantum Computing in 2022: A Leap Into the Tremendous Future Ahead ,” Analytics Insight, 2 January 2022. [3]

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