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Tidbits from Russ Aborn - Operating Authority Enigma

Freight Plus

If you had a shipment in Los Angeles that was going to Boston, the best way to do it was to have a local truck pick it up in, say Rancho Cucamonga, and take it to a car loader, which was a cross-dock operation with a rail siding. The car loader would pack, high and tight, your shipment in a rail car along with other shipments going to Boston.

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28 supply chain professionals share the biggest challenges of supply chain management

6 River Systems

Our supply chain involves a contract manufacturer, a third-party testing facility, warehouses to store inventory and a freighting company. For example, if my contract manufacturer is late with an order it can cause me to incur excess costs with the freighting and warehousing companies, respectively. Louis, M.S.