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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

With global cargo lanes clogged, businesses are turning to new ways to deliver goods. Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. February 17, 2022, 12:01 AM EST. The former wartime airbase handled a record 1,655 international cargo arrivals in 2021, a 73% jump from 2019, and overall tonnage rose 18%. Businessweek.

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What Are the 5 Biggest Supply Chain Issues Today?

Stord

While the rest of the world adopts cloud technologies to help them break down silos and integrate communication, companies continue to use disparate applications and tools for managing orders, evaluating inventory, and shipping goods. Companies are even “hoarding” warehouse space to prepare for the future. Louis and St.

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Echoes of the Past Reverberate With Historic Stagecoach Shipment

Freight Center

Butterfield Stage Lines was one of the names used by Overland Mail Company, aka Butterfield Overland Mail. John Butterfield was already an experienced stage line operator on the east coast when he was awarded a contract by the Postmaster General to provide semi-weekly mail service from Memphis, Tennessee and St.

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Brokers Sound Off on New Food Safety Rule

DAT Solutions

“While the FDA ruling is a backward step for 3PLs and our liability — in that the lines are once again blurred between carrier and broker — it’s not that big of a change as far as our responsibility and procedures,” said Lindsey Graves, vice president of operations for Sunset Transportation in St.

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Improving Truck Load Optimization with Better Supply Chain Planning

New Horizon Supply Chain Blog

In most companies, many supply chain processes remain siloed. Yet in most companies, such plans seldom take into account transportation capacity or availability. Companies are now tackling this challenge to make the most out of precious transportation capacity. Source: Data from the Federal Reserve Board of St.

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The Top Dozen Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time

Operations and Supply Chain Management

First, CEOs across the globe are putting innovation as the top or near top priority for the companies they run. This is perhaps most manifestly seen right now in the Internet of Things and how industrial companies especially are currently or prospectively leveraging IoT to create new products and services.