Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Speakers are the SCRC meeting yesterday and today continued to speak more on the topic of transportation strategy given increasing challenges in the transportation sector, and the need for an effective transportation management strategy. As an example, Adam Ruff mentioned the big border crossing across the Detroit River.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Sounds like a typical day in supply chain and logistics to me. Wal-Mart seeks to tether small stores to big ones ( The Detroit News ). Free-Shipping Offers Abound This Holiday Season, According To Shop.Org. and “What is a transportation provider?” FedEx Expands SenseAware® Capabilities with Cryogenic Probe.

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4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

Based in Silicon Valley, they’re fully scaled in California but have operations in China and South Korea, giving Cliff an up-close perspective on offshore manufacturing, supply chain, and more. So they don’t want to ship a lot of liquid by airplane because it’s expensive. It’s a liquid form.

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4WL Consulting

MAY 4, 2020

Based in Silicon Valley, they’re fully scaled in California but have operations in China and South Korea, giving Cliff an up-close perspective on offshore manufacturing, supply chain, and more. So they don’t want to ship a lot of liquid by airplane because it’s expensive. It’s a liquid form.

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Supply Chain Nation recently sat down with Automotive Logistics Group Publisher, Louis Yiakoumi, about the hot topics in this industry. They’re factoring in, as much as they can, the logistics and supply chain costs. Is it because some of the biggest parts are being shipped from another manufacturing location?

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QAD

JUNE 13, 2023

Benefits such as low-cost labor, raw materials, cheap transportation, favorable regulations and proximity to suppliers were too good to pass up. Suddenly, it became all too apparent that a consolidated global supply chain reliant on a single nation for many raw materials and finished products wasn’t such a good strategy after all.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 23, 2023

The fulfillment center is the second of four next-generation facilities that aim to bring the powerful combination of people, technology and machine learning together to achieve faster shipping and delivery, while increasing Walmart.com order fulfillment capacity. population with its service. supplier capability and capacity.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Steve described his experience this afternoon over pizza and sodas in Detroit. This impacted transportation costs, resins, chemical feedstocks, and a whole bunch of other areas. But I was able to map out the value chain back to petrochemicals, and was able to estimate weights which were then pushed back onto part numbers.

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TMC

DECEMBER 8, 2016

These enterprises are no longer reliant on the Suez Canal route for shipping freight on Post-Panamax container vessels to the United States. A transportation management system (TMS) can help shippers weigh the pros and cons of each option. The impact of transit time on routing decisions varies with the type of product being shipped.

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3PL Insights

MARCH 3, 2023

Over the years, third-party logistics service providers (3PLs) have been utilized by companies to handle warehousing, transportation, and logistics services. Due to the constantly changing consumer demands, a ripple effect is experienced throughout the supply chain, resulting in a greater demand for more robust value-added services from 3PLs.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 1, 2024

hit 18 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militants on ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The initiative, dubbed Project Gigaton, is aimed at reducing so-called Scope 3 emissions, which are the result of a company’s supply chain and the use of its products.

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3PL Insights

JULY 24, 2018

A second international Detroit bridge, the Gordie Howe International Bridge, is in talks and expected to begin construction in the fall of 2018. Check out some of our other blog posts: Expanding and Shipping to Canada. This contract is consolidated through a group of infrastructure companies known as Bridging North America.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The holdup makes it exceedingly difficult for businesses to manage supply chains, it said. Blue Yonder , a leading supply chain solutions provider, announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Doddle, a first and last mile technology business. West Coast, according to data from shipping platform Xeneta.

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