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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. If you’re a business leader, why do you care about better math?

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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. In 2015, the Port of Savannah moved 8.2% of total U.S.

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

Logistics Viewpoints

Maersk said Tuesday it was halting bookings in light of the sanctions imposed on Russia, including congestion being caused by customs authorities inspecting cargo bound for the country and changing credit terms impacting its customers. We’re looking for alternative components in terms of manufacturers.

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Hurricane season 2024: how to prepare your supply chain

Resilinc

Learn more about the most significant extreme weather and climate-related risks procurement professionals should pay attention to in 2024: How Will Climate Change Impact Supply Chains in 2024? 1 Production delays Manufacturing facilities in the hurricane’s path may be damaged or forced to close, leading to production delays or stoppages.

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Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Supply Chain Innovators of 2013 : paperless food chain, VLMs, cold chain fleet management, and more. Warehouse Automation. Media Type. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. DataTable subpages. Media Image. transactionID. 4c81f2b2-cc31-43f9-9b83-b4d9691886a9. workspace://SpacesStore/3e762e45-eb15-4be0-bd12-56734eacb655. Printer-friendly version.

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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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36 innovative companies re-inventing and rethinking supply chain and logistics

6 River Systems

In addition to cutting the need for outsourced manufacturing, this move could give the company a leg up on the competition by making it possible to get products in the hands of consumers faster. Additionally, the company’s manufacturing expertise will enable the reduction of production costs. manufacturing facility in 2014.