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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 11.5-11.9

Freight Plus

“Instead of having conversations about what the detention rates are going to be, I’d rather focus on not having detention at all,” Rob Roberson, director of logistics at steelmaker Nucor, said at the JOC Inland Distribution Conference. Amazon’s safety record scrutinized after Baltimore warehouse tragedy. Eric Johnson.

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

Talking Logistics

BMW to Mazda Imports Slowed as Strike Shuts Baltimore Port ( Bloomberg ). Earlier this week, for example, I commented on the partnership between Amazon and P&G , where Amazon has set up operations inside P&G warehouses to fulfill online orders. As a result, the answers to “What is a warehouse?” Have a happy weekend!

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This Week in Logistics News (September 28 – October 2, 2015)

Talking Logistics

There was plenty of learning and networking at the CSCMP Annual Conference this week, which I’ll write about in a future post. It will be available soon in New York, Baltimore, Miami, Dallas, Austin, Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta and Portland. You can work as much or as little as you want. Amazon Flex is available now in Seattle.