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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Today, I speak at the North American Manufacturing Association, Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in Nashville on the use of data to improve supply chain resilience. To track fair labor, food safety and improve corporate social responsibility, we need to be able to improve track and trace capabilities. Mandate Unique Identifiers.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

Postal Service announced intentions to consolidate roughly 21% of delivery units into large-scale shipping centers. The first of the new shipping and delivery centers will open in Atlanta, GA, in the fall of this year, with more than 100 additional sites under consideration nationwide. .

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Parcels' role in Intermodal Rail

Cathy Roberson

Much has already been written on the potential financial impact of a strike such as higher food prices. Part of the statement reads: “The timing coincides directly with peak shipping season for the winter holidays, and a strike would have devastating consequences for retailers’ supply chains and could cripple the U.S.

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Live From JDA FOCUS 2014 Day 2

BlueYonder

With the beautifully lit MGM Grand hotel as the backdrop, attendees enjoyed great weather, food, fun and live music. LoCash Cowboys, hailing from Nashville, performed on stage for the huge FOCUS crowd, and even received some on-stage assistance from a few lucky attendees. It was an event I hope you did not miss.

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How Manual Consolidation is Costing You Money – A Case Example

TMC

Well, we could ship them all individually, put two together and let the rest ride separately, put three together and ship the remaining orders individually, combine two groups of two together and let the other three ride separately. The baseline cost for the Nashville order is only $79. But there are only seven orders.