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Nashville to Host 2014 Tompkins Supply Chain Leadership Forum

Tompkins Blog

RALEIGH, NC, and NASHVILLE, TN. The forum allows companies to benchmark their supply chains against others to identify and prioritize opportunities,” says Bruce Tompkins, Executive Director of Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium and director of the event. “The businesses. About Tompkins Supply Chain Consortium. CONTACT: Barbara Adams.

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COP21 – Freight and Climate Change

Freightos

This Black Friday Shawn Simms was first in line at Best Buy in Nashville, TN to bag a Thanksgiving bargain – a Toshiba HDTV for $149.99. A quick check showed that shipping the TV from Taiwan to Nashville (ocean & trucking) led to about 6.7 kg of carbon emissions. . – Marc Althen, President, Penske Logistics.

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Will sub-zero temps stall trucking operations?

DAT Solutions

Areas of the Midwest and Northeast were buried for weeks, and even the Southeast got hit with snow and ice, including places like Birmingham, Atlanta, Nashville and Charlotte. During the "snowpocalypse" winter of 2014, a series of snowstorms extended across two-thirds of the continental U.S.