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Baltimore Bridge Collapse- A Reminder of Supply Chain Risk

Supply Chain Matters

A day has passed after a container ship lost power and crashed into a support pylon of Baltimore, Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in the early morning hours of March 26. miles to partially collapse into the Patapsco River that leads to the Port of Baltimore. Then there are the implications for various industry supply chains.

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FreightTech Investment Environment with John Larkin

The Logistics of Logistics

John is Strategic Advisor of Transportation & Logistics at Clarendon Capital , a private equity sponsor focused on developing investment opportunities and providing strategic advisory services to the transportation, logistics and distribution sectors. John Larkin and Joe Lynch discuss the FreightTech investment environment.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 27 – April 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

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

Freight Plus

We’ve used our transportation management system to make load times a critical metric for us.”. Hospitals overpaying by $25 billion on their supply chains according to report. In a study conducted by Navigant, it was found that hospitals could reduce their supply chain costs by an average of 17.7%. Brian Glick. ,

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

Talking Logistics

Sounds like a typical day in supply chain and logistics to me. 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.

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

Supply Chain Movement

After four years in global logistics he was posted to Amsterdam in 2012 as senior vice president, Supply Chain Operations, EMEA. His task was to transform and integrate the EMEA supply chain into the overall business including building a new team, redesigning the supply chain and improving service levels.

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

Talking Logistics

Dave Clark, SVP Worldwide Operations and Customer Service at Amazon, was the keynote speaker on Tuesday, and during his talk he announced this week’s top supply chain and logistics news story: Amazon Flex: Amazon will now pay you to deliver packages (The Verge). UPS Asks People to Pick Up Packages Themselves (Bloomberg).