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Winter Alert: Winter Weather Conditions Developing Across Much of the US

GlobalTranz

Numerous carriers across Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee and parts of northern Mexico, including the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas are reporting delays, limited operations and/or closures due to blackouts, snow, and ice.

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Hanjin, Hurricanes, Harvests May Boost Truckload Rates

DAT Solutions

The Michigan apple crop escaped late frosts and is now projected to achieve a near-record harvest. Further West, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho all appear to be on track for onions and potatoes. All of this seasonal freight and supply chain disruption could drive rates out of the 'complacency' zone.

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Hurricane Season Brings New Risks to Pandemic-stressed Supply Chain Chains

Enterra Insights

The third named storm, Cristobal, soaked areas from southeast Louisiana to north Florida and south Georgia, then became only the fourth tropical storm to track into Wisconsin or its adjacent Lake Michigan waters in more than 100 years of records. The second named storm, Bertha, made landfall an hour after it formed.

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What is causing the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain disruption?

NC State SCRC

Various other states, like Colorado and Louisiana, faced similar hiccups, but this time due to power outages causing their refrigeration system to crash. Michigan, on the other hand, had a different issue. The post What is causing the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain disruption? References. link]. . . .

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Using Modeling and Analytics to Design a Resilient Supply Chain

Talking Logistics

Supply chain optimization is a widespread term, but did you know that an optimized supply chain is not necessarily a resilient one? Seventy-four percent of businesses experienced at least one supply chain disruption in last 12 months, and 38 percent reported a loss in revenue¹.