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Study Shows Two-Thirds of Companies Yet to Execute Digital Transformation in Supply Chain Planning

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New survey finds that most companies are still formulating and gaining support for a digital strategy, with fear of change and data challenges as leading roadblocks. . Drivers of supply chain planning digitization vary significantly by company, with 42% identifying increased operational efficiencies (e.g. BOSTON, Mass.

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The Empty Container Marketplace with Sean Bardon

The Logistics of Logistics

Sean is the Co-founder and COO at Qualle , The world’s first empty container marketplace that connects exporters, importers, trucking companies, and steamship lines. The poor management of containers drives extra costs, wasted time, empty miles for trucking companies, and excess pollution.

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Supply Chain Sustainability Gathers Steam

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The coronavirus pandemic is the most obvious of these hurdles, but everything from the threat of tariffs to the temporary blockage of the Suez Canal (and even the ongoing closure of the I-40 bridge in Memphis) could have had lasting ramifications for global commerce. That’s starting to change. More and more large U.S.

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The Plant-Based Meat Supply Chain

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Over the last five years, the number of entrants to the market has surged, with companies looking to make their plant-based meat substitutes more “meaty.”. On a side note, while it is not a plant-based meat alternative, Memphis Meats won a paten earlier this year for an in vitro method of producing cultured meat.

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Securing the Pickleball Supply Chain

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The company, headquartered in Stoughton Massachusetts, is now headed by Adam Franklin. Sporting Goods companies must be able to support dramatic changes in demand and fast-growing new business lines. Without an efficient supply chain, a company can’t meet the demand that exists, and competitors swoop in and grab market share.

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REPOST: Selecting an E-commerce Fulfillment Partner with AJ Khanijow

The Logistics of Logistics

For e-commerce companies the difference between success and failure is fulfillment. As the founder of an fulfillment company that specializing in e-commerce, AJ knows what companies should look for in an e-commerce fulfillment partner. LinkedIn can tell you quite a bit about the size and capability of a company.

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Protect Your Shipments From Cargo Theft

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Cargo Theft Increases in the United States Cities seeing a spike in freight theft include Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, Savannah, Newark, New Jersey, Memphis, and Chicago. They do this by creating fictitious pickups in which they pretend to be a legitimate trucking company operating on load boards (online freight management systems).

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