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Freightera
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
Freightera CEO Eric Beckwitt Shares His Insights on the Current Green Energy Trends in North America. Here are 9 green trends apparent in the North American industries: 1) Rapid advancement in automation will increase manufacturing within North America. 3) There’s going to be more short-hauling of freight.
Supply Chain Matters
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Flexport Focus Turns to Profitability and Cost Reduction In our supply chain technology breaking news update on September 7 th , we highlighted the sudden resignation of Dave Clark from the CEO role of freight technology start-up Flexport. Clark, who assumed the sole CEO role in March after company founder Ryan Petersen handed over the reins.
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Enterra Insights
MAY 20, 2022
The Financial Times reporters observe, “[Supply chain woes] are likely to intensify if China digs its heels in and continues to pursue a zero-Covid policy that has left millions of workers across the country confined to their homes. ” If the Chinese lockdown policy continues, the long-term repercussions will be enormous.
CH Robinson Transportfolio
JUNE 29, 2020
Over the past several months, China has been the main source for PPE. So, it’s important you’re up to date on the latest regulations to avoid your freight being held up. China has recently implemented three key policies that relate to PPE exporting. Policy 12 created a white and blacklist of manufacturers and suppliers.
Operations and Supply Chain Management
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Brick-and-mortar stores also allow shoppers to return unwanted purchases. Tony Hsieh, the company’s legendary late CEO, offered free returns for up to a year after purchase and encouraged people to order items in multiple styles and sizes. In fact, America’s true refund pioneer was born a century before Hsieh, on a farm in Oklahoma.
BlueYonder
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
As we adhered to shelter-in-place orders from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), each of us were purchasing more products and services online at a faster adoption rate than ever before. Transport costs are soaring to ridiculous levels, especially for those shippers that did not have an organized procurement strategy for freight movement.
Supply Chain Matters
APRIL 7, 2022
Part of this decrease may be attributed to temporary declining freight volumes as regions in Asia continue to deal with COVID-19 related suspensions of production, shipping or transport operations. Further, 86 percent of manufacturers indicate disruptions to trucking and shipping networks were impacting their supply chains.
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