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Lingering Port Congestion with Paul Brashier

The Logistics of Logistics

Having been featured in CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, The Loadstar, CBS News, Freight Waves, and Transport Topics, Brashier lends his expertise on US and global supply chain matters. ITS Logistics offers a wide range of services, including transportation management, warehousing, distribution, and fulfillment.

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2021: Manufacturing, a Year in Review

QAD

QAD CMO Carter Lloyds described shipping delays, energy issues/sustainability challenges and the Carbon Bubble as three major industry disruptors affecting manufacturers. Lack of real-time communication between the manufacturing enterprise suppliers, third-party logistics providers and consumers. Food and Beverage. Automotive.

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What is Supply Chain Resilience?

GlobalTranz

COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented surge in panic buying of food, beverages, hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and other essentials. Manufacturing and supply chains couldn’t ramp up fast enough. In response, food and beverage producers turned to third-party partners to leverage their expertise, technology, and services.

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Cross Docking 101: What, Why and How? [with case studies]

Unleashed

This removes the ‘storage’ element of warehousing logistics, and saves on costs, warehousing space, time and labour. Cross docking is widely used by manufacturers, but there are alternatives like direct shipping – and there are significant differences between the two. This brings us to direct shipments.

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Adelante SCM and PINC Launch the First Annual State of Yard Management Report

PINC

Manufacturers, retailers, and distributors have been forced to quickly adapt their supply chain networks and processes to new market realities. According to an industry-leading consulting firm, transportation costs range from 60% of total distribution costs for High Tech companies to 88% for Food & Beverage companies.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

This includes trucking capacity concerns, port congestion , and warehouse staff. In a blog post, Amazon said a combination of planes, trucks, ships, and delivery vans, along with staffed-up warehouses, has put it in a good position to “get customers what they want, when they want it, wherever they are this holiday season.”

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People and Halal Supply Chains

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In fact, today several leading halal production standards (like the Indonesian and Malaysian halal standards) are already requiring a segregation between halal and non-halal in transport and storage for halal certified manufacturers. This new standard has three modules: transportation, warehousing, and retailing. Green Skies?