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Cold Chain Basics with Andy Bahr

The Logistics of Logistics

Andy Bahr is the Founder and President of Bahr Transportation , a FTL brokerage focused primarily on serving the food & beverage industry, in refrigerated freight. Andy completed his undergrad at Miami of Ohio, and his masters at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL in 2012. About Bahr Transportation .

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Understand the Pitfalls of IBP Before Embarking on a Supply Chain Transformation

Logistics Viewpoints

GEON, headquartered in Westlake Ohio, has about 1000 employees. The executive meeting will generate lean six sigma projects where analysts are tasked with going out and discovering more granular costs. Freight costs and capital intensity are 10 to 15% lower—and customer delivery penalties and missed sales are 40 to 50% lower.

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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

As we move into the back half of May, the freight market is starting to show signs of an expedited rebound. . Th ese conditions have caused a more favorable freight environment. That is e specially the case for outbound freight in southern states and California where produce season is in full swing. . Logistics? ? .

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Which Supply Chain Strategy Will Prevail in 2022?

Stord

In terms of reshoring, New Balance recently opened a North American manufacturing facility in Massachusetts, and Intel will invest $20 billion in building two new chip factories in Ohio. Brands, like Gap and Lululemon , are using expensive air freight routes to get items faster and circumvent port congestion. Two popular trends?

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Industry professionals have put in tireless hours and taken strategic measures to keep the supply chain moving and meet customer demand. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Deloitte Global). Wall Street Journal ). McKinsey ). Bloomberg).

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A Truth About Global Transportation: It Happens Locally

Talking Logistics

Mike went on to talk about how transportation management systems (TMS) have evolved to meet the needs of global shippers , with the rise of cloud and software-as-a-service solutions playing an important role, and he also discussed the key capabilities companies should look for in a TMS (hint: usability and configurability are important).

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This Week in Logistics News (April 3-7, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Delivery Connect is designed to manage the movement of freight from the shipper to the end receiver, including scanning, proof of delivery (PoD), exception management, cross dock and in-depot activities through to job dispatch, customer service and reporting.