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This Week in Logistics News (May 21 – 27)

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I also had the benefit of attending a beautiful location, The Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, Florida. Amazon Aims to Sublet, End Warehouse Leases as Online Sales Cool. households across six states – Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, Utah and Virginia. This conference included a lot of great content and interesting discussions.

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Truck Capacity Shortage: The Past, Present and Future

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From the last half of 2017 through today and beyond, a slew of market forces, some predictable and some unexpected, have combined to create a very real truck capacity shortage in the United States. The past, present and future market forces causing today’s extreme truck capacity shortage include: Strong Economy. Holiday Season.

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Today’s Freight Capacity Crisis: Where Do We Go from Here?

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More than a year into a freight capacity crisis that shows little sign of weakening, it’s time for all parties involved in logistics and freight transportation to meet this issue head on. Freight Capacity Crisis: How Did We Get Here So Quickly? That all changed with the summer of 2017. There are No Crystal Balls.

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Supply Chain Design Crosses the Chasm

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On the supply side, material shortages, staffing challenges, and shipping capacity constraints are all happening at the same time. Pop up warehouses, micro fulfillment centers, and warehousing-on-demand are all examples of how the nodes are becoming increasingly dynamic. The technology is reaching such an inflection point.

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Holiday Supply Chains: Are you prepared?

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This means transportation costs account for up to 8% of the sale price of a pair of shoes, as compared to 1% just three years ago. in chemical engineering from the University of Florida and his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras. Employ dynamic pricing to shape and shift demand.

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Supply Chain Design: A Tool to Help Maximize Value

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For example, we can have “Texas Small Volume” customers and “Florida Peak Season” customers, or “East Coast High Margin” customers and “Carolinas High Priority” customers. Can every customer get products from every warehouse? If we have 1,000 customers in reality, we might use only ten customers in the model when we aggregate data.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 8-12, 2018)

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Alexa Heads to the Warehouse (WSJ – sub. Trimble Acquires Brazil-Based Veltec to Expand its Global Portfolio of Transportation Solutions. Warehouse Space Growing Tighter on Rising E-Commerce Demands (WSJ – sub. Alexa in the Warehouse. China Trade Battle Spawns a New Era of Tariff Dodges (WSJ – sub.