Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
The offering was unveiled this week at Amazon Accelerate, a conference that drew about 2,000 online merchants to Seattle. The latest capability for merchants shows that the e-commerce giant is trying to control more inventory deeper in the supply chain before it’s sold.
DAT Solutions
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
Even if they didn’t have cargo on Hanjin ships, big retailers are starting to shift inventory from West Coast distribution centers to other DCs farther east. The load-to-truck ratio in Los Angeles lit up the entire state of California on the DAT Hot States map. area, especially on eastbound lanes.
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CH Robinson Transportfolio
MAY 17, 2021
The strong economic recovery and need to rebuild retail inventory creates high out-of-season demand in port cities. Once sales rebalance, will inventory follow? If AB-5 passes in California, what kind of impact do you foresee on owner-operators? As a point of clarity, AB-5 did pass in California and is now law.
RFgen
MARCH 19, 2015
Mayor of Long Beach, California Robert Garcia believes business should return to normal at all U.S. ports to make up the current backlog of ships and container inventory, the standoff’s impact is expected to be more far-reaching than initially thought. West Coast ports in about three months. Standoff to Affect the Supply Chain?
RFgen
MARCH 19, 2015
Mayor of Long Beach, California Robert Garcia believes business should return to normal at all U.S. ports to make up the current backlog of ships and container inventory, the standoff’s impact is expected to be more far-reaching than initially thought. West Coast ports in about three months. Standoff to Affect the Supply Chain?
DAT Solutions
OCTOBER 17, 2017
The decline in the national average could be short-lived, too, with volumes surging in California and across other western states, and demand is high on eastbound lanes. There were some big drops in prices out of Seattle , but outbound rates there are still abnormally high. For example, Seattle to Salt Lake City still averages $2.35/mile.
Logistics Viewpoints
OCTOBER 28, 2022
California, Mexico sign historic toll- sharing pact for Otay Mesa East Port. Sam’s Club finalizes chain-wide deployment of robotic inventory scanners. UPS executives added that they expect peak to be a little later this year, as inventory levels are in better shape than last year, when consumers were encouraged to shop earlier.
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