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This Week in Logistics News (March 13 – 19)

Logistics Viewpoints

In April of 2005, just a month after completing my first half marathon (and vowing I would never run a full marathon in my life), I went to the finish line at the Boston Marathon and saw Team Hoyt for the first time. Team Hoyt became a fixture at the Boston Marathon, completing the race 32 times, while running another 40 marathons as well.

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What to Do Now Before the Panama Canal Expands

CH Robinson Transportfolio

First, more inventory would be in transit at any given time. And second, to avoid running out of in-demand products, the shipper would have to stock more inventory as a buffer for unpredictable demand during those 11 days. A time difference of 11 days would affect the shipper in two ways.

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6 Things to Consider as You Plan Your 2016 Budget

CH Robinson Transportfolio

You can read more on the topic in our recent white paper, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion Is Redrawing the Logistics Map , which was written collaboratively with Boston Consulting Group. Moving and planning inventories on both fixed and spot—or even pegging rates to an index—are options. Free Time and Chassis.