Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 25, 2016

These 9 headlines culled from Transport Topics over the first three weeks of 2016, coupled with the emerging economic slowdown should give pause to all shippers. Headline: Daimler Trucks to Cut its Workforce at Cleveland, NC Factory by 30%. Over the Road Trucking. Headline: US Manufacturing Contracts at Fastest Pace in Six Years.

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FLEXE

MAY 20, 2016

When you consider locations for logistics facilities, you might first think of the cities with the biggest ports or the most warehouse properties and transportation options, like New York, Los Angeles or Chicago. Or, you might think of Louisville and Memphis, where UPS and FedEx have their largest shipping hubs.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 11, 2015

We now have an entire category of blog posts dedicated to better working with suppliers, analyzing them, and what to look out for in order to get the most value in working with suppliers. We deal with our suppliers of transportation on a daily basis: our select carrier partners.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Back then, the idea was to pick up local volumes from a retailer’s fulfillment center in the wee hours of the morning, transport the goods in time for UPS’ morning presort process and then deliver them to consignees the same day. Army Corps of Engineers is now using a dredge ship to push out silt in the river near Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 18, 2022

Like the chicken shortage and other issues surrounding the supply chain crisis , infant formula shortages originated with COVID-19 disrupting the supply chain , triggering the lack of labor , transportation, and raw materials. Image source: MTL Blog. ” We normally might pack an entire truck before we ship it.

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TMC

DECEMBER 3, 2015

In my last blog post , I explained how consolidating orders to create routing and scheduling plans is much more complicated than widely assumed. In addition, were the out-of-route miles and loading/unloading times at each stop allowed for when the Cleveland stop was considered? That’s why automating the process makes a lot of sense.

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