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Capacity Crunch Factors: What Causes a Capacity Crunch?

GlobalTranz

Sudden growth in the stock market means increases in manufacturing and commerce across the country, and as a result, shippers will have more product to move. Increased Market Stamina Contributes to Capacity Crunch Factors. The stock market also plays a role in contributing to a capacity crunch.

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2019 Logistics & Supply Chain Events to Attend in the US

EazyStock

Miami, Florida. Send your high-level executives to Miami for inspiration on digital innovations for efficient supply chain practices. ProMat is where manufacturing and supply chain professionals come to find their supply chain WOW. Houston, Texas. Live Americas 2019 by SCM World. Feb 3-7, 2019. www.scmworld.com.

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Get Your Supply Chain Back on Track in the Wake of the Hurricanes

Material Handling & Logistics

Adding insult to injury, manufacturers, suppliers and distributors are facing the impact of the storms at the worst time possible: the lead up to holiday season.

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Hurricane Irma's Chemical Fallout Could Be Worse than Harvey's

Material Handling & Logistics

But an analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson, Arizona, showed that the Houston area’s hundreds of refineries and petrochemical operations released almost 1 million pounds of air pollutants in Harvey-related spills and flares, including benzene, sulfur dioxide, toluene, and xylene. Mishandling Hazards.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

A semitruck equipped with Kodiak’s autonomous driving system is making daily delivery runs from an IKEA warehouse near Houston to a store close to Dallas, roughly 300 miles away. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Miami International Airport.