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Transportation vs Logistics with Marty Wadle

The Logistics of Logistics

Marty earned a Bachelor degree in Transportation and Logistics from the College of Business at Iowa State University. These firms facilitate the movement of parts and materials from suppliers to manufacturers, and finished products from manufacturers to distributors and retailers.”. About Ruan Transportation.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 3 – 9)

Logistics Viewpoints

This is leading to an inventory pile-up of processors and memory chips used in PCs. Some retailers are learning to love bulked-up inventories. We’ve seen lots of stories over the last few years of retail stores shifting to smaller format stores to focus on e-commerce fulfillment. McDonald’s also jumping on the bandwagon.

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Holiday shopping has started early amid fears over shipping delays

Ware2Go

Seventy-three cargo ships await unloading at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Saturday, a record. Shopping for the holidays has driven roughly one fifth of annual retail sales in recent years, according to the National Retail Federation , which said US retail sales totaled more than $787 billion in November and December of 2020.