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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: An Opportunity to Reinforce the Importance of Supply Chain Resilience

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The most obvious impact was the disruption of traffic and transportation. The port handles about 11 million tons of cargo per year, including automobiles, containers, coal, and farm products. The port serves as a hub for importing and exporting a variety of goods, such as consumer products, electronics, machinery, chemicals, and food.

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Molex Prizes Agility

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But Molex, a global electronics and connectivity solutions company, has been investing in their intelligent digital supply chain strategy to improve their supply chain agility and customer experience. Those industries include data communications, medical, industrial, automotive and consumer electronics.

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The Journey to End-to-End (E2E) Supply Chain Visibility Is Ongoing

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It means being able to see where a shipment or an order is while it’s in transit — whether on a truck, a railcar, an ocean liner or a cargo plane — anywhere in the world. This is the portion of E2E that is most commonly referred to as “real-time transportation visibility”. Global supply chains are mind-bogglingly complex.

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Top 10 Logistics Companies in India!

Supply Chain Game Changer

The company is the choice of businesses that want hassle-free EXIM Cargo services. Along with EXIM Cargo, Apollo LogiSolutions also provides services that include: Freight Forwarding Port Clearance Customs Brokerage & Handling Warehousing & Bonded Warehouses Third-Party Logistics First-Mile & Last-Mile Connectivity.

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6 Emerging Trends In Supply Chain and A Deeper Look into Driverless Vehicles

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Editor's Note: Today's blog is from our friend Kevin Hill with Quality Scales Unlimited who shares his expertise regarding the key trends in supply chain and transportation management. . This is the value of having a transportation network. Stagnation of Air Cargo and Sea Freight Rates. 6 Key Trends in Supply Chain.

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What is Customs Clearance and How Does it Work?

Supply Chain Game Changer

Within the customs clearance process, the figure of the customs agent stands out, in charge of declaring the goods through an electronic system that streamlines commercial traffic. Here the sender, recipient, type of articles and cargo, among other important specifications, must be clearly indicated. Physical Inspection of Cargo.

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Bend but Don’t Break: 3 Issues Facing Today’s Supply Chain

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Demand for certain life science products impacting the delivery of quality healthcare. Material shortages for Industrial, high tech and electronic product manufacturers. Transportation and Distribution. A third major disruptor to supply chains today is transportation and distribution. grew by 10 years in 90 days in 2020.