Supply Chain Collaborator

MARCH 12, 2015

Case in point, the Wall Street Journal reports that these three giants (among others) have reshaped their logistics plans to avoid US West Coast-bound ocean routes (and the subsequent OTR and rail routes) due to recent labor-dispute-driven disruptions at ports in Long Beach and Oakland.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

This week, for example, C.H. This past Monday, “truck drivers from three companies at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach began a 36-hour strike…and Port of Oakland truckers have threatened to walk out next week,” according to an article in Cargo Business News.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

s industrial heartland is dotted with examples of how some links in the supply chain have been adapted to keep the wheels of commerce turning while others seized up. imports from Asia are still overwhelming some of the nation’s biggest ports, especially in Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland. Photographer: Megan Jelinger/Getty Images.

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Bristlecone

JANUARY 19, 2021

Let me illustrate with a few examples from my experiences: 1. Ensuring my order would be included in the earliest shipment that the distributor was planning to make from Seattle to the Oakland warehouse. Supply chain visibility means different things to different audiences.

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Supply Chain Action Blog

MARCH 25, 2015

A while back, the film “Moneyball” showed us how the Oakland A’s built a super-competitive sports franchise on analytics, essentially “ competing on analytics ”, within relevant business parameters of a major league baseball franchise. Take operational excellence as an example. It’s baseball season again!

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 21, 2015

Oakland port terminals plan PierPass-style program (JOC). New Target COO’s headache: Too few goods to keep shelves filled (Reuters). Google Express Plans to Shut Down Its Two Delivery Hubs (Re/Code). Postal Service Tries Hand as Fishmonger, Grocer (WSJ – sub. ATA Truck Tonnage Index Jumped 2.8%

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Logility

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This predicament reminds me of the situation faced by Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane and his quant-jock sidekick Bill James in 2002, when the New York Yankees were spending $140M a year on players to the A’s $40M. On-Base Percentage, for example, turned out to be a strong predictor of success. His commitment never wavered.

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Kanban Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2022

For example, Southeastern US locations like Savannah, GA, Norfolk, VA, and Charleston, SC have always been popular logistics destinations, but as available warehousing is gobbled up, companies have expanded their searches to other markets. Spillover from other major hubs. The continued popularity of North Carolina.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 13, 2023

As an example, let’s say you’re trying to fulfill a pallet order of heavy items in Boston, MA. Let’s look at the example below. A backlog rate of under 1 means that location is underutilized, and a backlog greater than 2 means the location is overutilized. Store A has.5 5 backlog days, while Store B is at 200% utilization.

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Freightera

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Heavy, 1000+ lbs cross-border rates were affected the most, so here are examples of the restored rates. All the examples below are for 1 skid 48x48x48 1,000 lbs, Class 70. Owen Sound, ON to Oakland, CA – $353.38 Canada to USA LTL Rates. Calgary, AB to Dallas, TX – $275.13

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GlobalTranz

JULY 21, 2015

Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland and Chicago have already moved to raise their wages and there are proposals for minimum wage increases across the country including in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Kansas City, MO. .

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 22, 2016

And in doing so, he provides a perfect example of the power of disruptive innovation. The 2002 Oakland A’s, who set baseball’s record for longest winning streak with the sixth-lowest paid team in the major leagues, used new statistics to disrupt baseball and set the stage for data-driven revolutions in many sports.

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Freightera

AUGUST 8, 2019

For example, we released several advanced features like Address Book Import and 3rd Party BOL for your shipments with non-Freightera carriers. Just look at the savings here: Canada to USA Examples 1 skid 48x48x48 1,000 lbs, Class 70. Owen Sound, ON to Oakland, CA – Was: $508.35 CAD Now: $275.13 CAD Now: $273.92

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2022

This is another example of how businesses are looking to offset rising costs for things such as transportation and fuel. Those most expensive ports are New York, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, and Savannah, as ranked by the fees imposed on US shippers by container lines. 1, said the memo.

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