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Improved Supply Chain Visibility Requires an End-to-End Solutions

Logistics Viewpoints

Last October, over 100 ships, including 70 container ships, were waiting at anchor or in drift zones to unload at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Shippers – the companies paying Ocean, Rail, and Truck carriers to transport their goods – can do little to speed shipments snarled by port congestion. million TEUs.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

A notable example of greenwashing is when McDonald’s introduced paper straws to reduce plastic pollution. In addition, Totaltech members who spend $500 in October will receive a $50 reward certificate to use on Best Buy purchases in December. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 25 – December 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

The top gifts were clothes and accessories, which about half of those surveyed purchased, and toys, which nearly a third of people surveyed bought. Jennifer McKeehan, SVP, transportation and delivery for Walmart U.S., Jennifer McKeehan, SVP, transportation and delivery for Walmart U.S., million this year, up from 130.2

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Christmas and the Poinsettia Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

The Maya, for example, called it k’alul wits, which roughly translates to ‘fire flower.’ While there, he failed in an attempt to purchase Texas and became a persona non grata for meddling in the country’s internal affairs. He decided to forego the trip to Fiji and stay in Los Angeles.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 27 – April 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

For example, yesterday was Major League Baseball’s opening day, which turned into a rainout for my hometown Red Sox. But this isn’t regular, run-of-mill congestion; earlier this week 24 container ships were anchored off the coast waiting for space at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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So You Want to Make the Perfect Logistics Model

Logility

Accounting costs can look very detailed and accurate; take an entry for an individual shipment of your product, for example. When you break them down by lane, season, and method of purchase, thousands of data points might turn into five to ten data points for a given lane — or sometimes only one shipment.

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Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

ModusLink Corporation

A great example would be today’s prominence of climate change. Four fundamental practices: Based on (Ali Esfahbodi, 2016) research, Chinese and Iranian governments have focused their fight for SSCM based on four fundamental practices: sustainable procurement, sustainable production along with sustainable distribution , and reverse logistics.