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What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

The peak season definition is a continued evolution of the seasons in transportation. Even once a vaccine was available, additional breakouts of new variants in Shanghai put the brakes on transportation expectations for the Produce Shipping Season in 2022. When and What Is Peak Season ? Q2: The Produce Shipping Season.

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The Best States to Buy a Car In!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Functional transportation is incredibly important for anyone, but it is also a very expensive risk. The population of well-off elders definitely accounts for a large part of the used car market. The major metrics that make up the cost are the make and model of the vehicle, and the economic conditions when you’re buying your insurance.

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President Andrew Lynch On What We Must Do To Create Nationally Secure And Resilient Supply Chains

Zipline Logistics

Andrew Lynch is President and Co-Founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. In order to ensure that we are all on the same page let’s begin with some simple definitions. What does the term “supply chain” encompass?

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New Bookends: The Tale of Supply Chain Global Leaders in Consumer Products

Supply Chain Shaman

Definition. Overall Results on the Supply Chain Metrics That Matter. The race for excellence will be won on other continents than North America and mainland Europe. It is exciting to see a country so excited about building global transportation infrastructure. Procter & Gamble. Kimberly-Clark. It is clear.

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When Variability Is Our Only Constant

Supply Chain Shaman

By definition, this requires a global supply chain. The Normalcy Index calculated weekly by the Economist projects that North America is 67% of the way back to normalcy from COVID, but globally, it is lower at 50% with many flare-ups. Yet, transportation optimization products focus on managing price, not constraints.

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Takeaways From Gartner’s Top 25 Supply Chain Rankings 2017

Shipsy

In the last five years there has been a triple-digit growth in the implementation of industrial robots in manufacturing and warehousing especially in North America, Europe and Asia. The Rankings Gartner has used three financial and corporate social responsibility metrics for the ranking.

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Lean Transportation: Are you Using Lean Thinking for Transportation Management? If not, Why?

GlobalTranz

For shippers, culture and behavior have to change to apply Lean Transportation thinking. The “Them (company leadership) versus Us (shop floor associates)” mentality also needs to change for Lean Transportation to " WE. The 8 Rights To Achieve Lean Transportation Practices. Transportation takes time.