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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

Ahead of the April 8 total solar eclipse , which will stretch from Texas to Maine, some state transportation departments are advising truckers to consider staying off the roads as traffic is expected to be severely impacted by people traveling to see the astronomical event.

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Supply Chain: The True Game of Risk

Supply Chain Shaman

When I was a small child growing up in the mountains of West Virginia in the United States, on snowy days, my family would gather around the kitchen table and play board games. The event can be external or internal to the enterprise. The impacts can be severe resulting in material events. This is significant.

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With New Year Underway, Key Players Look Back On 2022

Intelligent Audit

2022 An Eventful Year for New FedEx Ceo Subramaniam. As rates continue to fall, industry metrics are beginning to reflect a new reality for the transportation market. for December, marking the metric’s fastest decline ever recorded. 24, UPS delivered 97.5% of packages on time. Meanwhile, primary competitor FedEx delivered 95.2%

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XX and XY: A Different World in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

It is such a very different landscape than the green mountains of my farm in West Virginia or my city streets in Philadelphia. I now have a working manuscript for the entire book of Metrics That Matter. We expect to sell out on this exclusive networking event for 230 supply chain leaders. It has been a good week. Lots to do.

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

Talking Logistics

In addition, users are able to view events of a shipment, imaged documents, and can email their account representative with questions on a particular move. Robinson load numbers. The Navisphere customer app can be downloaded for free at the Apple App Store on iTunes , Google Play and Amazon Marketplace.