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10 Books Logistics And Supply Chain Experts Need To Read

Freightos

Why this book rocks: Before you read this, you may not understand how a simple box that can be loaded off a ship and onto a truck or train literally changes the way the world operates. The Wire is an incredible TV show, following the drug ecosystem in urban Baltimore and the police officers tasked with bringing it into check.

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Rock on!

Supply Chain Insights

They deliver pantry supplies to our small office in Baltimore <without charging us shipping> a couple of times a week. It will become an extension of the training that we will launch with the publication of the book Bricks Matter in the fall of 2012. We love Amazon. At Supply Chain Insights, we are loyal Amazon shoppers.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

Driving training programs overwhelmed by interest. Earlier this week, the company warned officials in Maryland that it plans to close two delivery stations next month in Hanover and Essex, near Baltimore, that employ more than 300 people. This puts pressure to find a carrier that has a training program. warehouses.

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Questions Companies with U.S.-Mexico Trade Should be Asking

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Environmental Protection Agency holds up a shipment at the port of Baltimore because they are understaffed, it impacts supply chains across the nation. When the Automated Commercial Environment system goes down in San Diego for two hours during produce season, or when the U.S. A time to take action.

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Bait and Switch

Supply Chain Shaman

The gravy train is coming to an end. Each time that they are published, the Shaman sighs and chuckles in her little apartment in Baltimore. The original principles of a value network that can sense, shape and translate demand with near-zero latency are being lost in the fog. Why is this happening? It is still early.

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DOT Gives $500 Million in Grants to Much-Needed Infrastructure Projects

GTG Technology Group

Increasing rail (almost 60 trains a day) and vehicle travel has caused this intersection to become a hotspot for accidents. Baltimore is one of the fastest-growing ports in the United States. More than 30,000 vehicles use this corridor every day. The project will improve driver safety and rail freight efficiency.

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Maryland Department of General Services Announces eMaryland Marketplace Advantage Goes Live

ivalua

BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Department of General Services today announced the Office of State Procurement launched the state’s new e-procurement system eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA). While the user experience is intuitive, help and training will be provided during the transition by the eMMA help desk.

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