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Lean on Kanban for Mid-Atlantic Drayage

Kanban Logistics

The recent accident at the Port of Baltimore is causing disruptions to imports on the East Coast, including at the Port of Norfolk and the Port of Wilmington, NC. How has the Port of Baltimore accident affected Norfolk and Wilmington? How has the Port of Baltimore accident affected Norfolk and Wilmington?

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Will Warehouses Eventually Go Dark?

Enterra Insights

Thanks to the popularity of e-commerce, warehouses are some of the hottest properties in real estate. Phillips ( @EricaEPhillips ) reports some retailers were so desperate to find warehouse space this past holiday season they created pop-up warehouses in vacant suburban lots and parking garages.[1] The right kind of warehouse.

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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. Shared warehousing. What’s Happening Now? What’s Happening Now?

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This Week in Logistics News (September 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

warehouses. to expand monkeypox vaccine, drug distribution. Ocean shipping rates have plunged 60% this year. West Coast port congestion leads to new ideas in cross-country rail shipping. The national stockpile had been shipping to only about 5 locations per state and other jurisdictions. Instacart acquires Rosie.

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Walmart Rolling Out Four High-Tech FCs

Multichannel Merchant

Walmart said the first facility, opening this summer in Joliet, IL, outside Chicago, will feature an automated, high-density storage system from Knapp, a provider of AI-driven warehouse and robotics and automation that will double both the storage capacity and number of orders processed. for Prime.

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Greg Javor: “Our mission is to inspire and nurture the human spirit”

Supply Chain Movement

In 2008, when Howard Schultz (Starbucks chairman, president and chief executive officer) returned to the ship, orders had been failing, money was leaking out and internal communication was poor. My first job was a warehouse supervisor trainee for a public warehouse (nowadays a 3PL), in Baltimore, Maryland.

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

Talking Logistics

Manhattan Associates Mobile Distribution Management Takes Center Stage at CSCMP 2015. It will be available soon in New York, Baltimore, Miami, Dallas, Austin, Chicago, Indianapolis, Atlanta and Portland. Finally, while at the CSCMP conference, I had a chance to see Manhattan Associates’ Mobile Distribution Management application.