Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights continued evidence that the U.S. According to the April report commentary , the industry remains hopeful in new signs indicating that retailers and manufacturers are getting closer to working off the overall glut of inventories that resulted in 2022. The LMI has now declined 6.7 remains unclear.

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Supply Chain Shaman

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Others say February… Where they all agree is that the labor union discord was the icing on the top of a broken link in the supply chain. port capacity and are critical for Asian trade. As a country, I think that we need to rethink supply chain flows for chassis, drayage and the unloading of larger ships.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

For shippers, this year’s overly-active hurricane season in the US is raising alarm bells for supply chain logistics operations. gasoline production capacity to drop by 10%. These disruptions impact industries as diverse as food production to manufacturing to retail and many others.

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Material Handling & Logistics

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Behind the scenes during the tumultuous disaster season of 2017, building materials manufacturers leaned heavily on dynamic digital tools to supply recovery efforts. Recent estimates suggest that Hurricane Harvey destroyed a minimum of 100,000 homes in the Houston-Beaumont, Texas, area. That translates into some $1.8

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Proxima

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

As a result, there are going to be difficult conversations taking place in offices across the United States, whether it’s the 30 th floor of a New York high rise or the board room of a manufacturer in Houston. A recession represents a make-or-break moment for businesses and survival now sits on top of the corporate agenda.

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6 River Systems

APRIL 4, 2019

Logistics can be traced all the way back to the Greek and Roman empires , but it’s undergone several major transformations as new technologies provide opportunities to more efficiently manage the movement and storage of goods. These technologies also contribute to a rise in big data and analytics in the logistics field.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

For 2021, there has been another hiccup, which the wine industry may refer to as the great supply chain kerfuffle. The issue has become supply chain and manufacturing constraints, which have delayed the deliveries of such essential items as bottles, corks, and even the wine itself for brokers.

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TMC

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The waterway’s increased capacity provides more routing options for shipments into the United States. The trade-offs are especially critical for destinations in a “battleground” region that stretches from Detroit in the north to Houston in the south. Is your supply chain make-to-order, make-to-stock, or both?

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USC Consulting Group

MARCH 3, 2020

The total currently stands at 28%, when combining hydropower, wind, and solar technologies. Michael Webber, deputy director of the Energy Institute at the University of Texas, told the Houston Chronicle the answer is largely dependent on what resources you’re using and from where you’re operating.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 26, 2022

I am always thinking about how supply chain planning architectures can change. I find most accept planning as a technology–and delve in with an implementation focus–few question if they are getting better decisions. So, I backpedaled and asked about the goal of the simulation in manufacturing.

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6 River Systems

JULY 3, 2020

The type of warehouse automation equipment a warehouse uses can impact design requirements. Warehouses that make use of flexible automation solutions like collaborative mobile robots , on the other hand, have greater design flexibility. Renting extra warehouses during peak season can be expensive in so many ways.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 11, 2019

As the global environment is shifting based on political debates, EU/British negotiations, tariffs driven by the Trump administration, as well as the sudden shifts in country-level policies, supply chain executives and planners are working to plan for future uncertainties. However, some categories are capacity constrained.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 11, 2018

Congested ports, complicated regulations, less than optimal modal capacity, undesirable taxation regimes, dilapidated roads, and overall operational inefficiencies are constant sources of anxiety within the business community. The only reliable mechanism to create lots of jobs is large scale manufacturing, which is driven by exports.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Artificial intelligence has been applied to just about every supply chain application imaginable, including transportation management and execution, demand planning, supply chain planning, warehouse management, and order management. There are myriad applications outside of the supply chain world as well.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The two main planks of the GSA would seek to tackle non-market excess capacity and carbon emissions. The holdup makes it exceedingly difficult for businesses to manage supply chains, it said. to test autonomous truck runs from Houston to Oklahoma City with a safety driver aboard. Kodiak, Aurora Innovation Inc.

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