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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

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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. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Freight Procurement is a Different Game

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Simmons Foods Simmons Foods is a farm to fork poultry manufacturer. They are a leading supplier of poultry, pet food and animal nutrition products based in Siloam Springs, Arkansas in the US. Then we are pulling out of an animal nutrition production facility and taking those finished products to a pet food manufacturing facility.

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Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

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Produce shipping is showing signs of strengthening and should begin building activity for the remainder of the month before leveling off in June. Regional Logistics Market Updates. Here is what each region is seeing currently: Northeast Logistics. Midwest Logistics. Southeast Logistics. Westcoast Logistics.

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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

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Logistics? ? . Midwest Logistics ? . Logistics? ? . Logistics ? . Shipping in or out of Alabama should be?back Arkansas ? . Arkansas was one of seven states with no formal lockdown orders. Here is what each region is seeing currently:? . These markets will continue to be tricky. Arizona ? .

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

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This “invisible” part of Walmart’s business is a logistical and supply chain management and the practices they employ should give supply chain managers pause to take a bit out of their day and inspect what Walmart is doing in order to mimic into the supply chain manager’s own practice. Decades in the Making.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 25 – 31)

Logistics Viewpoints

In the spring of 2022, Walmart created a new position among the roughly 15,000 employees who work at its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. And now on to this week’s logistics news. America shipped, received and returned 21.2 crumbling infrastructure and manufacturing. By 2028, annual U.S. By 2028, annual U.S.

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How Ford is Implementing Big Data into its Supply Chain

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However, the adaptability of big data means that a company using it will be able to revolutionize not only their logistics part of the business but the factory side as well. One of the other ways that big data can help with supply chains is to make logistics more focused on the supply side. Ford Motor Company and Big Data.