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This Week in Logistics News (December 15-19, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Being the son of Cuban immigrants, people have been asking me what I think abou t the move by President Obama to normalize relations with Cuba. When I visited Cuba with my father in 2004, we drove several hours from Cienfuegos to Camaguey to visit my aunt Z and her family. Cuba relations. RoadnetĀ® Transportation Suite 3.6.8

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This Week in Logistics News (January 9-13, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Itā€™s what my father did when he worked in the sugarcane fields in Cuba and dreamed of escaping poverty. Moving on, hereā€™s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Amazon is granted a patent for using a subterranean network to deliver packages (GeekWire). Itā€™s my birthday wish for you. Alphabet Inc.ā€™s

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

To anticipate and respond to high customer demand, a modern Transportation Management System (TMS) needs to optimize inventory allocation. A TMS with inventory allocation enables shippers to monitor shipments down to the package level. Deviations that occur during transportation execution are not necessarily approved immediately.