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Inventory is Everything with Jeff Flowers

The Logistics of Logistics

In 2016, Jeff partnered with Franklin Young to purchase PTI Security, a leader in Physical Access Control and with support from Source Capital, an Atlanta based Private Equity firm. The ILWU is a labor union which primarily represents dock workers on the West Coast of the United States, Hawaii, and in British Columbia, Canada.

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Risk Management Can Be a Competitive Advantage, Part Two

Enterra Insights

Implement a robust security strategy that will make it difficult for even the most determined hacker to gain access to your supply chain networks and data.”[5] Encrypt your data, and prepare a robust security response plan in the event that something does go wrong.

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Air Freight Explained: Calculating Costs and Price Trends

Freightos

DHL Global Forwarding actually got started by taking ocean freight documents by air to expedite release along a new West Coast-Hawaii ocean line. Security surcharges. Given their small size and value, medical goods are frequently shipped by air. Documents and Samples. Air remains the most cost-effective method of shipping documents.

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Crisp Team Spotlight: Eric Takemoto

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Meet Eric Role : Software Engineer Lives in: Salem, Oregon Favorite grocery store product: Lay’s BBQ potato chips Starting up at Crisp Eric Takemoto grew up in Hawaii and attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where he studied computer engineering. Since we’re venturing into a lot of new solutions, there is plenty to work on.”

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Veterans Day 2020

Enterra Insights

In fact, Veterans Day is largely intended to thank living Veterans for their service, to acknowledge that their contributions to our national security are appreciated, and to underscore the fact that all those who served — not only those who died — have sacrificed and done their duty. Hawaii-Aleutian standard time.”

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This Week in Logistics News (July 30 – August 5)

Logistics Viewpoints

I read earlier this week that Hershey said it would fall short of meeting demand for the Halloween and Christmas holiday seasons this year, blaming a scarcity of raw ingredients and difficulties in securing suppliers. The goal of the tariff is to reduce an excess of empty containers dwelling at the port and free up space for container pickup.

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Why Milk is Threatening the Trans Pacific Partnership

Elementum

But trade representatives from the 12 participating nations failed to reach an agreement in the latest negotiations on Friday, July 31 in Maui, Hawaii, and it’s largely due to the dairy dilemma. New Zealand won’t take action until it can secure dairy exports, an issue Canada is reluctant to consider. drugmakers demand 12-year security.