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Talking Turkey for Thanksgiving

Enterra Insights

This requires contracts, transportation, and deliveries from both large-scale turkey producers (think the Butterballs, Jennie-Os, and Perdues of the world) as well as local turkey farms. Retailers also need to balance the two varieties of birds: frozen and fresh. Frozen turkeys account for roughly 90 percent of Thanksgiving sales.”

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6 Answers for Your Top TPP Agreement Questions

CH Robinson Transportfolio

While we’re still sorting through the full text, we wanted to provide you with some background, answer some questions, and offer some insight about what the TPP agreement means for the transportation and logistics industry. Here are the top six questions our customers are asking about the TPP agreement. What is the TPP agreement?

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Citius, Altius, Fortius… and Greatness

Tailwind

And of course, my high school motto which was “e no flunkus finalis examinus’. And the funniest, most amazing journey, of one of my colleagues, Patricia, who was working in our tech company as an ‘import’ from Peru, who, when we were speculating about what great celebrity might be lighting the torch said, “Who is this, Wayne Gretzky?”.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Port congestion has caused a lot of shipping delays over the course of the last year. As I mentioned earlier this week, Amazon is continuing its course of supply chain innovation. Starbucks to improve sustainable coffee sourcing. Railroad megamerger could be boon for shippers. Postal Service puts parcels at head of line in reform plan.

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KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics

Logistics Bureau

Of course they need to be SMART. Transportation. It’s an issue I see again and again in the course of my consulting activity. Many people get really confused about KPIs or Key Performance Indicators in Logistics and Supply Chain operations. Which ones to use?… … How many to use? Inventory management.

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