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Better Ways to Address Trade-Offs with Supply Chain Optimization

Logistics Viewpoints

Malcolm McLean, a trucker from North Carolina, was tired of waiting. 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. Why supply chain optimization matters.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

Cargo begins clogging Port of Los Angeles amid railroad worker shortage. According to a FedEx spokesperson, adding more robotics to its operations could help improve the safety and efficiency of FedEx package handling operations globally. chipmaking equipment to factories in China that manufacture advanced NAND chips.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

Kinaxis

Starting with Miami, this port primarily handles containerized cargo with small amounts of breakbulk, vehicles and industrial equipment. Going up the coast in Jacksonville, FL, there is a huge port that receives the second-most automobiles in the US along with all types of cargo. Global, regional or local asset tracking.

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Perspectives on the Global Trade Environment: A Panel Discussion

NC State SCRC

On December 5, 2019, we held a panel discussion that focused on different perspectives related to global trade. Even if AAP or other auto part companies wanted to move production, there is no manufacturing capacity in the US or anywhere else, so creating redundancy in this case is very difficult.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 26 – March 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

As Clint Reiser pointed out earlier this week, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is impacting global supply chains. The invasion is causing major disruptions for the global shipping industry, with hundreds of vessels trapped at ports, cargo being derailed, and freight rates surging. US goods trade deficit hits record high.

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Supply Chain Transformation is a Journey not a Destination

Enterra Insights

In the manufacturing arena, we are at the beginning of an industrial revolution labeled Industry 4.0 revolution is well and truly underway and is redefining traditional manufacturing processes once and for all. revolution is well and truly underway and is redefining traditional manufacturing processes once and for all.

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I (Don't) Drive Your Truck: West Coast Truckers Strike Again

Elementum

Some companies, like Cargo Transporters from North Carolina, have installed satellite TV systems with more than 100 channels to serve as entertainment for when the truck drivers are away from home. In addition to the “Uber” model, autonomous trucks, also known as “driverless trucks”, may also help ease the shortage.