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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

In some sort or another, Punxsutawney Phil has been predicting the weather since 1890, and let’s just say that his record is iffy at best. She also said the company planned to ask workers to return to the office five days a week in 2024. But as of today, Punxsutawney Phil is calling for an early spring. percent in early U.S.

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Pandemic Lessons For Supply Chain Leaders

Supply Chain Shaman

The output was just not helpful. With fixed models and hard-wired data feeds, teams could not adjust the planning systems to use consumption data or market indicators. Next Steps: Start to model demand based on market data to align the organization on baseline demand. Instead, rethink the model and the approach.

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Best Logistics Management Software: Everything You Need to Know Before Making a Purchase Decision

ThroughPut

It’s no longer just about getting goods from A to B; it’s become a vital piece of the supply chain puzzle. 77% of the world’s largest ports are still facing backlogs, and that doesn’t just affect your logistics efficiency and costs, it impacts your entire supply chain and business. We’ve all been witness to this!

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This Week in Logistics News (February 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

My youngest daughter just yells for them to throw the ball to Travis Kelce on every play so she can see Taylor Swift celebrate. We have all seen the math, and even with her concert in Tokyo on February 10, she still has time to get to Las Vegas for kickoff thanks to the magic of the international date line. and Canada. and Canada.

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Better Ways to Address Trade-Offs with Supply Chain Optimization

Logistics Viewpoints

He had a load full of cotton bales, and while idling away hours at a shipyard watching stevedores load other cargo onto ships he dreamed up containers that transformed global supply chains. Trade-offs are inherent in supply chains, so companies that address them better gain significant competitive advantage.

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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

Port backlogs, cargo limitations on container ships, and a lack of available equipment and port facility staffing.? Such congestion naturally leads to bottlenecks in planning drayage and eventual increases in the total cost of shipping, not to mention an added strain on trucking as the bottlenecks grow.? . That’s an astonishing $933.30

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

From just being environmentally friendly, it has become a holistic framework that encompasses the environment, social and corporate governance. Early in the pandemic, the company organized an airlift of two flights per week to deliver several hundred million masks from China to France. Photo Credit: L’Oréal. pandemic response.