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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Peak produce shipping season refers to the time period when the largest volume of fruits and vegetables are harvested and subsequently shipped to markets across the US, impacting truck capacity. California.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

FedEx Helps Small Businesses Streamline Shipping with fedex.com Integration Manager. 20 Years of Highway Data Shows Roads and Bridges Aren’t Crumbling ( Reason.org ). CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Mexico trade.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company is paying participating small businesses a per-package fee to deliver Amazon orders within a 10-mile radius to their neighbors’ homes in states like Nebraska, Mississippi, and Alabama. The company is leaning on expedited shipping lanes to pull ahead supply and mitigate COVID-19 disruptions in China. It was valued at $1.3

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

Postal Service announced intentions to consolidate roughly 21% of delivery units into large-scale shipping centers. The first of the new shipping and delivery centers will open in Atlanta, GA, in the fall of this year, with more than 100 additional sites under consideration nationwide. . Gas Prices Rise in Parts of U.S.,

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We Need Supply Chain Immunity, not Resiliency: A Position Paper

NC State SCRC

After all, supply chain management is about getting things moving, and that applies not only to roads, airports, and ships, but to how we think about getting things to people. Example: Finding PPE for a supply chain shortfall in Nebraska hospitals. 2] However, is resilience really the right context here? Informs MSO. Example: GPS.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 27 – September 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

The retailer is taking a minority stake in Sustainable Beef, which plans to open a processing facility in North Platte, a small town in west-central Nebraska that is home to the former ranch of storied Western showman Buffalo Bill Cody. It expects to break ground next month and create 800 jobs.