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Kanban Able to Support Port of Norfolk Drayage and Other Needs

Kanban Logistics

All of us at Kanban Logistics are deeply saddened by this week’s tragic accident at the Port of Baltimore. According to CNBC , in the wake of the catastrophic bridge collapse at the Port of Baltimore, ocean carriers are shifting responsibilities onto U.S. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by the event.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 16-20, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Prime Now Expands: One-Hour Delivery on Tens of Thousands of Daily Essentials Now Available to Prime Members in Baltimore and Miami. Since it’s late and I have a 3 a.m. wake up call to go to the airport, I’ll be quick with this week’s news and commentary: Amazon Gets OK to Test Drones Outdoors (WSJ – sub.

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Bait and Switch

Supply Chain Shaman

There are a number of newly anointed experts writing articles about becoming demand driven. I like the idea that this old concept is gaining new steam; but unfortunately, too few people writing the articles really understand the concepts. What the articles that flood the market do not tell you about is: Slow Adoption.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14-18, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Therefore, I wasn’t surprised by an article in today’s Wall Street Journal about how faulty data is hindering the HealthCare.gov rollout. Here’s a quote from the article: “There are some missing data elements that are requiring a lot of research on our part,” said Allan Einboden, [Scott & White Health Plan’s] chief executive.

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Will Warehouses Eventually Go Dark?

Enterra Insights

David Sparkman, head of David Sparkman Consulting, reports, “Empty stores and shopping centers are increasingly being converted into warehouse and e-commerce distribution centers, according to the global industrial real estate firm CBRE, which examined in detail two dozen such projects ranging from southern California to Baltimore.”[2]

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Veterans Day 2022

Enterra Insights

Wells published a number of articles in London newspapers that subsequently appeared as a book entitled The War That Will End War. … A commemorative plaque was placed at the grave of Henry Gunther in Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery in Baltimore on November 11, 2010.” An estimated 9.7

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When the Heavy Hand of Government is Not a Burden

MIT Supply Chain

What is to stop individuals from using other gateways in the region such as Baltimore or Washington DC to enter the country? Such hastily introduced local measures are ultimately counterproductive, and don’t work anyway. The lesson is that while governments are indispensible in large-scale emergencies, they also have to be credible.