Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Wall Street Journal Logistics Report indicated late last week that: “ the backup of container ships off the Southern California coast that was at the heart of the U.S. It is becoming clearer that supply chain procurement and logistics teams elected to route import shipments thru either U.S. West Coast port operators.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Freight companies are eventually going to face severe challenges finding drivers to get your shipments where you want them when you want them there. Customers with a strict ‘procurement mindset’ overlook important factors like consistency, overall experience or past performance. On the surface, this sounds like a problem for carriers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 8, 2022

And now on to this week’s logistics news. FedEx Express is teaming up with California Bay Area-based Elroy Air, the company building the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system. At the same time, the number of suppliers in China that received procurement bids declined by 9 percent in 2021.

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Supply Chain Network

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

These initial 125 EVs will be maintained at Ryder’s state-of-the-art maintenance facilities within the California, New York, and Illinois markets where EV charging stations are being installed. Inbound Logistics magazine has included Ryder in its “Green Partners” listing for eight years in a row. Ryder was also recognized by the U.S.

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6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The world of supply chain and logistics is changing every day. Each one is featured as having done something unique to reinvent their supply chain and logistics. Boot Barn @bootbarn In 2016, Boot Barn improved operations at its distribution center in Fontana, California by implementing HighJump’s Warehouse Advantage WMS.

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QAD

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Because import freight is sitting on docks longer and warehouses receiving containers are backlogged, we’re also seeing a shortage of containers and chassis to move containers. A lack of railcars to move cargo from the ports is adding more delays. Shortages of truck drivers are affecting the last mile of deliveries.

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QAD

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Lara has many years of experience in not just the wine industry, but global supply chains, including the food and beverage supply chain and logistics. Meanwhile, ocean freight rates are hitting historic highs. Of course, last year we saw historic wildfires in California and other western wine-producing states. That’s not all.

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6 River Systems

JULY 25, 2019

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. from Washington University St.

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

FLEXE , Flexport and Convoy –three technology companies adding flexibility to the supply chain–,recently hosted the first Peak Logistics breakfast in Seattle, Washington. The founders of each company came together to discuss the overlap of technology and logistics and how it can be used to solve every day problems.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2022

Although the company has not disclosed details, it is believed to be having trouble procuring parts for Bluetooth wireless communications components used in the controllers and main units as well as analog chips for controlling currents. Nintendo is having negotiations on procurement, but the outlook is uncertain. This is not normal.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 22, 2021

Then in January 1969, he and many others witnessed the ravages of a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. “Food, construction, fashion, fast-moving consumer goods, electronics, automotive, professional services and freight account for more than half of all global greenhouse gas emissions.

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