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Ocean Freight Survival Guide with Nathan Strang

The Logistics of Logistics

Nathan Strang and Joe Lynch discuss the challenging shipping environment and why shippers need an ocean freight survival guide. In his role Nathan utilizes Flexport’s global logistics performance data to define short and long term ocean operations strategies that optimize carrier and port performance. About Nathan Strang.

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Five Signs Your Business Needs a Fulfillment Partner

Ware2Go

Although they owned multiple buildings in different areas including Los Angeles, San Diego, Philadelphia, and Mexico, Lee Seigel of ECR4Kids observed that, “As we move into a more hyperspeed environment, where orders in by 11:00 AM need to ship by 4:00 PM, that model just doesn’t work.”

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This Week in Logistics News (June 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

San Diego-based Platform Science is backed by Daimler Truck AG, as well as venture investors. And Congress must implement a strategy to stimulate domestic battery production, including cost-effective and environmentally safe mining of critical minerals here in the United States. for April after sinking to -7.38

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Recession-Proof Businesses and Products: Staying Afloat During Economic Downturn

ShipBob

In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, many ecommerce businesses are rethinking their marketing and sales strategy for the short and long term. I had a customer ask if he could drive to my house in San Diego to get product. Freighting, fulfillment, and logistics. Looking beyond the COVID-19 recession.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 29 – June 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

While the strategy has been discussed for nearly a year, Instacart has yet to begin testing it. cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle. Automating part of the collection process would be a major departure from its current business model but would be a way to cut costs.

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Short Case: Aborn & Co. works for Japanese Multinational Consumer Goods company to reduce transportation costs by $30M

Freight Plus

Situation: Headquartered in San Diego, the client is a leading provider of consumer audio/video electronics and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Operations include research and development, engineering, sales, marketing, distribution and customer service.

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Finding the Optimal California Warehouse Space for Your Products

West Coast and California Logistics

Making California even more sensible, from a distribution perspective, is the fact that most of the Pan-Pacific freight arrives via its ports. For many companies, these combined facts make logistics strategy simple: place a DC in California close to the arriving port and the West Coast distribution riddle is solved.