Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2024

Supply chain resilience is a hot topic the last few years since post-Covid issues and newsworthy incidents like the Houthi attacks in the red sea have raised awareness. The bridge collapse is a stark reminder of the vulnerability of the nation’s aging infrastructure and the importance of supply chain resilience.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

The supply chain is knotted. Yesterday, @DamarqueViews asked me a question on twitter: “What do you think are the greatest barriers in the adoption of social technology in the supply chain?” I find the evolution of social technologies, and the promise of social, exciting for the supply chain.

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Unleashed

APRIL 11, 2024

The Guardian reports that the Victoria Unboxed project will hope to eliminate invisible waste from supply chains by replacing cardboard produce boxes with reusable plastic crates. Baltimore bridge disaster adds new stress to global supply chains. US manufacturing activity expands for first time since 2022.

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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. In addition, both carriers have invested heavily in automation to improve efficiencies and reduce their costs.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Sounds like a typical day in supply chain and logistics to me. HighJump Software, TrueCommerce EDI Solutions Group Announces Strategic Partnership with Unisun Software. BMW to Mazda Imports Slowed as Strike Shuts Baltimore Port ( Bloomberg ). Einboden, who said he expects the problems to be fixed.

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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.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 2, 2021

Dun & Bradstreet and E2open joined together to provide a report highlighting the impact of this incident on global supply chains. 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.

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