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Hurricane Ian supply chain impact will last for months

Resilinc

Not only will damage to transport infrastructure delay shipments as factories recover, but truck capacity will be diverted to recovery and rebuilding needs. Fortunately, Port Tampa Bay—Florida’s largest—reopened last Friday, welcoming ships carrying fuel as well as containers and cruise passengers, according to Tampa Bay Business Journal.

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Does Your TMS Support Rail’s Unique Requirements?

Talking Logistics

If rail is a key part of your transportation plan, how can you be sure your TMS effectively supports rail’s unique requirements? For example, shipping goods from Atlanta to Tampa may cover 400 truck miles, but using rail the trip could be closer to 800 miles. The post Does Your TMS Support Rail’s Unique Requirements?

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™! An Interview with Michael Massetti, VP at Gartner!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I live in Tampa, FL, USA with my wife. Just think about it, we are discussing touchless orders, lights-out warehouses, autonomous transportation for delivery, and prescriptive actions taken by intelligent robots. I was in a bookstore, back when there were bookstores, and found two books that changed my life forever.

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26 supply chain pros reveal the single most effective way to create a winning supply chain strategy

6 River Systems

Walker Peek @AcousticsExpert Walker Peek is a Tampa-based entrepreneur. How should our transportation network be designed and operated? Those ten questions serve as the contents of my book titled Supply Chain Strategy , published by McGraw-Hill. What should our supply chain service policy be? Logistics 5.