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Winter Storm Alert: Ice Storms in the Making Across the US

GlobalTranz

A severe ice storm is causing significant disruption from Texas to Virginia, with Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and parts of Missouri and Illinois expected to face this storm system's most substantial impact. The impacts of this serve ice storm can last for days and will disrupt transportation in the region. Source: NOAA.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

million vehicles cross the bridge annually, or about 30,000 per day, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation. Transportation officials are sharing plans in an effort to minimize headache-inducing traffic jams. Transportation officials are sharing plans in an effort to minimize headache-inducing traffic jams.

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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2023

Logistics Viewpoints

While the supply chain pressures that have built up over the last two years continue to abate as transportation capacity problems ease and consumption shifts from goods to services, newer challenges and opportunities lie ahead. This survey-based research gathers quantitative data as well as information on practices or performance drivers.

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

GlobalTranz

The Louisiana Department of Transportation reported that all state-maintained roadways, except for I-20 and I-49 (sections that remain open), in the seven-parish Northwest region were deemed impassable because of winter weather conditions. All westbound lanes of I-40 near Albuquerque, NM are closed. Parts of I-20 in Texas are closed.

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Reports Indicate Walmart Cutting Salary Staff

Supply Chain Matters

Notifications to employees reportedly began this week in both the Bentonville, Arkansas corporate office and other corporate offices. Informed sources have indicated to two media outlets that these rounds of cuts amount to upwards of 200 people and involve areas of merchandising, global technology and real estate.

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Introducing the Journal of Supply Chain Management (Guest Post by the Co-Editors-in-Chief)

SCM Research

For more information please read our recent JSCM editorial. Brian Fugate is the Oren Harris Chair in Transportation, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Arkansas, United States. With your help and guided by the values described above, we hope to continue that progression.

Journal 110
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Introducing the Journal of Supply Chain Management (Guest Post by the Co-Editors-in-Chief)

SCM Research

For more information please read our recent JSCM editorial. Brian Fugate is the Oren Harris Chair in Transportation, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Arkansas, United States. With your help and guided by the values described above, we hope to continue that progression.

Journal 110