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Addressing Global Food Security

Enterra Insights

2] With more mouths to feed each and every day, global food security remains a serious challenge. The most important commodities for global food security are grains — wheat, maize, and rice account for over half of all human caloric consumption. Levy adds, “Right now, 325 million people are acutely hungry.

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Securing the Pickleball Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Without a dependable forecast on what would be bought, contract manufacturers could not do effective capacity planning or procurement. It will also improve their collaboration with manufacturing partners; collaborative factory capacity planning “is one of the endeavors we will kick off later this year,” Ms. Jordan explained.

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GlobalTranz Secures 4th Consecutive Inclusion in FreightTech 100 2022 Awards

GlobalTranz

As an industry leader in 3PL solutions, including managed services, GlobalTranz is proud and honored to secure a spot in the 2022 FreightWaves FreightTech 100 , marking the fourth consecutive year of inclusion. Tender loads to find dense capacity across the 50,000+ carriers in the GlobalTranz network.

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Carrier Capacity Management Levels the Playing Field in a Carriers’ Market

Logistics Viewpoints

Carrier capacity tops the list of parcel shippers’ challenges. E-commerce order volume keeps climbing, straining carrier capacity with shippers sending more parcels outbound and receiving more returns inbound. Carrier capacity management strategies ease the crunch. Widening our view of carrier capacity management.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 – June 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

“When letter carriers deliver mail in our communities, dogs that are not secured or leashed can become a nemesis and unpredictable and attack,” said Leeann Theriault, USPS employee safety and health awareness manager. Help us deliver your mail safely by keeping your dog secure and out of the way before your carrier arrives.”

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This Week in Logistics News (September 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Merchants can use the service, called Multi-Channel Distribution, to send inventory to warehouses run by other logistics providers, other online marketplaces and even to physical stores to be put on shelves. However, most sellers will also see lower estimated capacity limits for November. “In

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LTL Capacity Best Practices in Times of Tight Freight Capacity

GlobalTranz

The capacity crunch has been a core concern of shippers for several years, but as 2018 draws closer to the holiday shopping season, it will become a bigger problem. LTL capacity has routinely been used as a source of added capacity when full truckload becomes unavailable. Get Your Free Copy Here. Download White Paper.

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