Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 10, 2024
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. Coal industry: The Port of Baltimore is the largest coal port in the country, handling about 20 million tons of coal per year.
Unleashed
APRIL 11, 2024
Baltimore bridge disaster adds new stress to global supply chains. Seaweed is an emerging industry in New Zealand, so finding local seaweeds at food grade quality is an ongoing challenge.” US manufacturing activity expands for first time since 2022. The latest ISM Manufacturing PMI report registered an unexpectedly high 50.3%
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Intelligent Audit
MAY 5, 2022
Our success was driven by continued gains in revenue quality and by leveraging the agility of our network to control costs,” UPS CFO Brian Newman told analysts. Indeed, FedEx also noted strong revenue quality for its quarter. The average revenue per piece increased 9.3% per parcel. In addition, many are expanding service areas.
Supply Chain Shaman
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
The idea of marketing talking cross-functionally to supply chain, quality, and customer service teams to discuss even customer quality feedback weekly is in itself a new concept. ” The social signals for both companies were in the twitter feeds for months before they picked up product quality problems. Is there value?
Supply Chain View from the Field
DECEMBER 4, 2014
The expansion of Panama has shifted shipments from West Coast to East Coast, but only Norfolk and Baltimore can handle these larger ships – and this will result in longer berths where will the funding be coming from for these port expansions – and it is something that is happening, but we aren’t sure how to handle it.
Talking Logistics
OCTOBER 18, 2013
BMW to Mazda Imports Slowed as Strike Shuts Baltimore Port ( Bloomberg ). Retail Trends This Week in News data quality Descartes FedEx free delivery HighJump Software home delivery mobile commerce onshoring Unisun Software Walmart' Wal-Mart seeks to tether small stores to big ones ( The Detroit News ). Be Sociable, Share!
Logistics Viewpoints
APRIL 2, 2021
Workers at a plant in Baltimore manufacturing two coronavirus vaccines accidentally conflated the ingredients several weeks ago, which has contaminated up to 15 million doses of the vaccine. Unfortunately, this week, those plans hit a little bit of snag.
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