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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. The largest impacts start in the South and move their way up the US latitudinally – think Florida to Georgia to North Carolina, and Texas to California to Washington to Oregon. What is produce season?

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More Challenges for the Transportation Network: Day 2 of the SCRC Meeting

Supply Chain View from the Field

Speakers are the SCRC meeting yesterday and today continued to speak more on the topic of transportation strategy given increasing challenges in the transportation sector, and the need for an effective transportation management strategy. In the regulatory environment, there are a number of regulations that are on the books.

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Shipping Containers and Supply Chain Snarls: Is There a Way Out?

Enterra Insights

He says it’s the antiquated booking system that’s gumming up the works. Although merchants and seamen have been storing goods in some kind of container since the beginning of maritime trade, it wasn’t until the Second World War that standardized metal containers were used to transport goods. ”[4]. ”[5].

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Antitrust and the Supply Chain: Protecting the Power of the Markets

NC State SCRC

The centerpiece of the Antitrust division that drives much of their activity is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, a statute that has been on the books since 1890. And in some cases, markets don’t operate in an environment of open competition, due to various backroom deals and shenanigans taking place….

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How E-Commerce Is Reinventing the Humble Warehouse

MIT Supply Chain

The trucks transport products to proximate areas, where lighter, more nimble vehicles such as cargo bikes complete the final deliveries. Impact on cityscapes As I describe in my new book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19 , the changing face of warehousing is helping to change the face of cities.

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Fearless Females of Supply Chain: Be WISE

BlueYonder

I attended the University of Tennessee and at that time it had a well-known logistics and transportation program, so that’s what I decided to pursue for my master’s. I did an internship at a distribution center for Stanley Tools in Concord, North Carolina, where I learned a lot about the operating environment.

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Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

Zipline Logistics

Refrigerated inbound freight from California is currently difficult to book with limited capacity. Transportation could be impacted in Illinois. Vendors should not expect much transportation disruption in Iowa. New Jersey has an open-ended stay-at-home order on the books. North Carolina. North Dakota.