Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Peak produce shipping season refers to the time period when the largest volume of fruits and vegetables are harvested and subsequently shipped to markets across the US, impacting truck capacity.

Transportation 52

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3PL Insights

JULY 16, 2018

The Ambassador Bridge has a huge economic benefit to both Michigan and Canada, in its location at the American/Canadian border. It can be difficult to cross the bridge, as often inspection lanes are closed (though more have been built in order to increase capacity). Expanding and Shipping to Canada.

Detroit 49

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GlobalTranz

JULY 21, 2016

As a result, warehouses can ship more packages. The eCommerce consumer expects free shipping, fast delivery, and hassle-free returns, asserts the E li Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. International Shipping and Fulfillment Processes Are Getting More Complicated.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 120

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 5, 2020

Still easy to cover for all markets except outbound south Texas and Florida to the northeast as capacity out of these markets is harder to come by. . South Texas is heating up for outbound volume and capacity has tightened in response. This sentiment is a result of increased volume and more limited capacity in the region. .

Rhode Island 52

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QAD

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A man checked his watch to confirm what he had expected, he needed to leave his office in Michigan to catch his flight to Texas. Cutting out the buffers will provide natural capacity increases, without spending a dollar on a new production line. A Disrupted Schedule in the Early 2020s. Late, frustrated, with a disrupted schedule; or.

Inventory Management Software 94

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Zipline Logistics

JULY 28, 2020

Menards services 12 distribution centers throughout its territory with facilities in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Michigan, Missouri, and South Dakota. When working with Menards, it is essential to assess your network and capabilities to ensure that your orders can ship for reasonable costs.

Cost Reduction Strategies 52

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2017

UPS Forecasts Another Record-Breaking Holiday Shipping Season. Alphabet looks to snowy Michigan to test self-driving cars (Reuters). As your smartphone has been the tool moving us into this collaborative digital era, the TMS will be that tool for the shipping world.”. UPS announces U.S.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 102

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Outbound volumes from Houston also fell 73%, but the rearrangement of supply chains, the difficulty of shipping in the flooded region, and increased seasonal demand in other parts of the country combined to create pockets of tight capacity that put extra pressure on truckload rates. per mile.

Houston 73

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Natural gas and oil expenses contribute to extreme cost disparities in shipping from Asia to the U.S., for example, compared to shipping state-to-state. Errors in interpretation of product specifications, shipping documents, and other critical instructions, due to language barriers are reduced. Premium freight capacity improves.

Cost Reduction Strategies 120

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Since 2009, when ScottsMiracle-Gro began implementing its new distribution model, the Company has reduced the number of miles traveled to ship products to home center customers by approximately one-third. ScottsMiracle-Gro is consolidating the warehousing and distribution of its bagged products that are shipped to home center stores.

Customer Service 87

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FLEXE

MARCH 28, 2017

Because of this, a simple activity like mapping and visualizing supply chain flows can often spark critical questions such as, “Why are materials sourced from Region A, produced in Region B, then air-shipped as finished product back to Region A?” 2: University of Michigan 2015 Supply Chain Design COE Research.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Forbes reported that Dell Technologies, HP, Qualcomm, Huawei, Samsung, Qorvo, Skyworks Solutions, MagnaChip Semiconductor, and Amkor Technologies are all looking at disruptions to their supply chains : most of th e contract manufacturing capacity is located in regions that are under similar restrictions as the province of H ubei. .

Supply Chain Network Software 88

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FLEXE

MARCH 29, 2017

Because of this, a simple activity like mapping and visualizing supply chain flows can often spark critical questions such as, “Why are materials sourced from Region A, produced in Region B, then air-shipped as a finished product back to Region A?”

Supply Chain Design Software 31

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

Shipping Gazette Daily News. One of the most comprehensive daily summaries, and by far the leading Asian-based summary, China’s Shipping Gazette provides daily information about carriers, forwarders and technology. Since 1974 with industry-leading expertise in, well, American shipping. Logistics Management. ACWmagazine.

Resource Reduction 120

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DAT Solutions

APRIL 4, 2017

Did you know that California ships 87% of the strawberries in the U.S.? Berries started moving out of Santa Maria in late February, and Ventura County is gearing up for peak shipping season. The tighter capacity led to a 21¢ spike on the lane from Lakeland to Charlotte at $1.68/mile. mile last week.

Denver 70

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ToolsGroup

MAY 18, 2022

The situation became dire in February of 2022 when Abbott Nutrition, one of the country’s three main powdered formula manufacturers, voluntarily recalled several formula brands and shut down its Sturgis, Michigan factory. After speaking with all infant formula manufacturers, the FDA shared that all are producing at an expanded capacity.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

I was a young buck assistant professor at Michigan State University’s Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at the time, working with Bob Monczka… Steve spoke several times at the Executive Program held at MSU, and did a great job as I recall…).

Purchasing Skills 60

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

I have been sitting in on interesting calls the past couple of days, and have also been exchanging emails with my colleague Jason Miller at Michigan State University, and also sat in on a presentation by Bill Villalon, recently retired President of APL Logistics, who presented to the CAPS Board. more for their services than in January 2020.

Warehousing 52

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 16, 2022

Federal Drug Administration ( FDA ) subsequently launched an investigation and onsite inspection of the company’s Sturgis, Michigan production facility, the only facility producing baby formula by Abbott in the U.S. Two infants tragically died. Abbott reportedly has a 40 percent U.S. market share in baby formula. “ U.S.

Supply Chain Disruption 52

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Long Beach shipping expanded 29% during the same period, such that the two ports now account for 37% of the US market since the pandemic, more than double the share of the Port of New York and New Jersey, the closest competitor. The success of the ports is undeniably tied to the success of the global economy.

Los Angeles 52

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Freight Center

JANUARY 1, 2019

Several factors can impact the cost of freight shipping, including your shipment’s weight, dimensions and any special handling requirements, such as temperature or shape. Additionally, you may notice that the cost of your shipment changes depending on which state you are shipping to or from.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 1, 2019

Several factors can impact the cost of freight shipping, including your shipment’s weight, dimensions and any special handling requirements, such as temperature or shape. Additionally, you may notice that the cost of your shipment changes depending on which state you are shipping to or from.

Shipping 40

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Freight Center

JANUARY 1, 2019

Several factors can impact the cost of freight shipping, including your shipment’s weight, dimensions and any special handling requirements, such as temperature or shape. Additionally, you may notice that the cost of your shipment changes depending on which state you are shipping to or from.

Freight 40

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NC State SCRC

OCTOBER 8, 2016

As a young assistant professor at Michigan State University in 1992, I was part of a group called the Global Procurement Benchmarking Initiative. For example, the “Theory of Constraints” [1] emphasized that to optimize the end to end system, the “bottleneck” operation had to be addressed by adding capacity at this operation.

Optimal Sourcing 58

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6 River Systems

JUNE 29, 2020

“Tackle strategic and concentrated supplies with high value at risk where internal risk capacities to absorb, such as alternative sources, routes, inventory and cash reserves, aren’t sufficient enough to mitigate any major disruption. It’s also a good time to discover or develop alternative sources and diversify value chains.

Supply Chain Planning Software 116

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

We ship trees out of Oregon and Washington primarily, and greens for wreaths start moving in October. Oregon is the number-one state for tree production, followed by North Carolina and Michigan. We build relationships year round, and gather carrier information regarding types of equipment, capacity, and preferred lanes.

Oregon 79

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. million square feet of warehouse capacity for more than 7 million square feet of total space and 38 warehouses. Read on to learn more about the top revenue-earning 3PL warehousing companies in 2020.

Warehousing 111

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 3, 2017

And as I wrote two years ago, the larger challenge facing the ports, especially in the United States, is the need to increase port productivity as larger ships replace smaller vessels. The next port crisis is in the works, and it’s being caused not by labor disputes, but by capacity and productivity constraints.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 0

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Freight Plus

AUGUST 27, 2018

Aside from electricity, it could be argued the no greater 19th century invention shaped shipping in the United States of America more than the semi truck. So, where did the semi truck come from and how has it kept up with technology to evolve into the dominate force in shipping that it is today? to 28,000 lbs.

Cleveland 40

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Resilinc

APRIL 27, 2021

“We’ve learned too well [from the pandemic] that the security and resiliency of supply chains has a direct relationship to our national security,” said Mike Gallagher, a Republican Congressman from Wisconsin and co-leader, with Michigan Democrat Elissa Slotkin, of the House Armed Services Committee’s Defense Supply Chains Task Force.

Pharmaceutical 75

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