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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. mile-long span. An estimated 11.5

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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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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. America shipped, received and returned 21.2 crumbling infrastructure and manufacturing. But Walmart is looking at bikes in a different way. By 2028, annual U.S. By 2028, annual U.S.

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Walmart Looks to Expand Drone Deliveries to Five Cities

Supply Chain Brain

Walmart previously scaled back its drone deliveries in 2024, when it ended the service in Utah, Arizona and Florida, in favor of focusing on remaining operations in Dallas-Fort Worth, Arkansas and Virginia. SupplyChainBrain Container Ship Explodes, Catches Fire Off Coast of India More from this author Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter!

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

GlobalTranz

The evolution of Walmart’s supply chain includes three elements, according to a 2012 article from Arkansas Business: distribution practices, operating its own fleet of trucks, and technology. The data is shared with suppliers who know when to ship more products. Arkansas Business Limited Partnership, July 2, 2012. scdigest.com.

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How Ford is Implementing Big Data into its Supply Chain

RFgen

Annibal Sodero, assistant professor at the Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, called big data management “the next frontier in retail” in a recent video on Supply Chain Brain. Big data can also be used to make estimations about the time a certain carrier will ship a product.

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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

Shipping in or out of Alabama should be?back Arkansas ? . Arkansas was one of seven states with no formal lockdown orders. There are few restrictions for businesses so shippers moving freight in or out of Arkansas should not expect to see any disruption from closures.?? . back to pre-pandemic difficulty.? .

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