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The Advantage of Speed: The Cooper Health Supply Chain Relies Upon Real-time Risk Alerts

Logistics Viewpoints

Cooper University Health Care Relies Upon Real-time Alerts to Improve Operations Cooper University Health Care, like most companies, struggled with their supply chain during COVID. The company bought a risk solution that provides real-time alerts to potential supply disruptions.

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LTL Trucking Carrier Yellow Formally Files for Bankruptcy

Supply Chain Matters

Bankruptcy Court in Delaware late Sunday. trucking companies since 2019 when LTL carrier New England Motor Freight liquidated. The labor union has since released a statement: “ Teamsters have kept this company afloat for more than a decade through billions of dollars in wage, pension and work rule concessions.

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Lessons Learned from 2021 Peak Season for 2022 Planning

Intelligent Audit

Eastern and Southern ports, “where delays are materially better than on the West Coast,” CEO Sonia Syngal said during the company’s latest earnings call. In addition, the company is increasing its sourcing in Mexico and Central America and undergoing what it describes as an “end-to-end supply chain transformation.”.

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How Shippers Use Carbon Emissions Shipment Data to Reduce Total Carbon Footprint

Intelligent Audit

To gain a better understanding of your emissions, you can track three types : Scope 1: These are emissions your company directly causes through assets and resources. They include energy sources your company purchased for its use, such as electric car refueling, electricity for the building, and similar types. You must report these.

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Claire’s Becomes Latest Retailer to Go Bankrupt

BlueYonder

The company filed for bankruptcy Monday and said it reached an agreement with creditors including its private-equity backer, Apollo Global Management LLC, to restructure around $1.9 The company began piercing ears in 1978. The company also had too much debt, costing it $183 million a year alone in interest payments, he said.

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Claire’s Becomes Latest Retailer to Go Bankrupt

BlueYonder

The company filed for bankruptcy Monday and said it reached an agreement with creditors including its private-equity backer, Apollo Global Management LLC, to restructure around $1.9 The company began piercing ears in 1978. The company also had too much debt, costing it $183 million a year alone in interest payments, he said.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 22 – 27)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company launched its own online pharmacy in 2020, a service that was born out of its acquisition of PillPack in 2018. On the heels of last week’s announcement of the launch of Prime Lite in India, the company is continuing to focus its attention in the region. India is the third market where Amazon has launched its freight service.