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Like the Mississippi River Through New Orleans, Today’s CPG Market is Quickly Changing Directions

QAD

Twisting and turning, changing directions quickly, the Mississippi River winds down the center of the U.S. Modern day planners are bombarded with large volumes of both historical and real-time data. Thanks to the IoT, there is more real-time data providing visibility of the short-term horizon.

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Five-Year Study Showcases the Benefits of US Foreign-Trade Zones

QAD

However, the data shows that two benefits are by far the most important to current FTZ users: duty reduction and duty exemption. However, when this industry, predominantly located in Northeast Mississippi, learned of the FTZ program, the duty savings were significant enough to keep the industry alive on US soil.

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Supply chain risks: The knowable unknowns that can hurt your supply chain!

Kinaxis

by Dr. Madhav Durbha CSX, one of the only two railroad operators in the USA that handles nearly all the shipments that move by train east of the Mississippi River has been experiencing serious challenges since the month of May. Today’s supply chains are far more dynamic, and underlying assumptions and data evolve rather quickly.

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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. Data: Sea-Intelligence. billion infrastructure project expected to open in 2027, and the Mississippi River is being dredged to a depth of 50 feet to accommodate the world’s biggest ships. Businessweek. Planes, Cranes, and Barges: How America Is Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos.

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This map shows every bridge in the United States….and it’s incredible

The Network Effect

This map, prepared by Wonkblog and based on data by the National Bridge Inventory, shows every highway bridge in U.S. The relative lack of development in the West is instantly apparent, and if you look closely, you can make out such landmarks as the Mississippi River, the Appalachian mountains, and major cities like LA, Phoenix, and DC.

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Talk Doesn’t Cook the Rice

Supply Chain Shaman

As they say in Mississippi, “Talk doesn’t cook the rice.” We are using data from ycharts.com based on Morningstar sectors to build a formulaic representation of market valuation for over 35 industry peer groups. Objectivity: We are correlating the formula based on quarterly stock market valuation data.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

bound shipments post first annual gain in 14 months in September Teamsters at DHL rally for fair contract The Mississippi River has dropped to a historic low Amazon is introducing an array of new artificial intelligence and robotics capabilities into its warehouse operations that will reduce delivery times and help identify inventory more quickly.