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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

Logistics Viewpoints

The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore being struck by the Dali and collapsing is an unpredictable disruption to the supply chains of several industries including automobiles, coal, and agricultural machinery. The port handles about 11 million tons of cargo per year, including automobiles, containers, coal, and farm products.

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Less than Truckload Freight Rates: Baltimore, MD

Freightera

LTL Freight Rates: from Major Cities in the USA and Canada to Baltimore, Maryland. See examples of our freight rates for a sample shipment of 1 pallet, 48” by 48” by 48”, 500 lbs, class 100 , going from major cities in the USA and Canada to Baltimore, Maryland: From Minneapolis MN to Baltimore MD: $284.44

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Procurement Technology: An Update from Spend Matters in Baltimore

NC State SCRC

Today I travelled to Baltimore to attend the ISM/Spend matters Global Procurement Tech Summit. An example was provided to show how a requisition can be generated in 90 seconds and drive locked in savings through a preferred source, and avoids over-specifying the requirement. CRM is about synching with our stakeholders to drive action.

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Partnering is a Win-Win-Win: Meet Len Ostroff

crisp

Role: SVP of Partnerships Lives in: Suburbs of Baltimore, MD Favorite grocery store product: Anything dark chocolate (he also has a special hiding place in the kitchen for Oreos). Len works his magic from his family’s home in Maryland, which he loves: he’s conveniently near Baltimore and Washington D.C., Life at the home base.

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Parcel Volumes Decline But Revenue Increases for FedEx and UPS

Intelligent Audit

For example, during Cyber Week, this technology helped keep 1.9 For example, AxleHire recently announced it had expanded into Washington DC and Baltimore, giving it a presence in three of the five most populous East Coast cities. million Ground economy packages out of constrained sorts.”.

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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. Wal-Mart seeks to tether small stores to big ones ( The Detroit News ).

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When the Heavy Hand of Government is Not a Burden

MIT Supply Chain

An example in the supply chain space is US maritime policy. A broader, and more topical example, is managing the Ebola crisis. In the maritime example I cited above, the lack of a centralized management strategy for our nation’s port system puts us at a competitive disadvantage. The situation is exacerbated by local stockpiling.