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The State of Freight with Anne Reinke

The Logistics of Logistics

from Rice University in Houston, and a J.D. As a collective voice for freight brokers, 3PLs, and other intermediaries, TIA plays a pivotal role in shaping industry policies and promoting best practices. Tusk save Shippers 40% or more on small parcel shipping. She received a B.A. from the Wake Forest University School of Law.

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How to Weather the Hurricanes of 2017 (and more) with a Heavy-Duty TMS Platform

Supply Chain Collaborator

The enormous disruption to all manner of commodities production and deliveries has wide ranging ramifications for high volume-shipping industries across many verticals. For shippers, this year’s overly-active hurricane season in the US is raising alarm bells for supply chain logistics operations.

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Seven Thoughts to Build a Customer-Centric Supply Chain Organization

Supply Chain Shaman

A month after completing this strategy session I was doing a series of strategy days with two chemical companies in Houston. Try to define customer service policies around these “need states.” ” Examples are lead times, minimum order quantities, type of delivery service, return policies, and ASN documentation.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

US initiates trade fight with Mexico over energy policy. In launching the dispute, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said an array of Mexican policies undermine American companies and U.S.-produced percent year on year in June, driven by double-digit surges in New York/New Jersey, Houston, and Savannah, Georgia.

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26 logistics professionals reveal the biggest trends in logistics technology

6 River Systems

Christoph Seitz is the Co-Owner of CFR Rinkens , a global leader in the shipping of commercial cargo, specializing in the containerized shipping of motor vehicles. “One trends we’re pursuing is blockchain technology…” We ship live crickets all across the country. Christoph Seitz. TastyCrickets.

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National STEM/STEAM Day 2022

Enterra Insights

Thus, educators focused attention on science, math, and technology research; on economic policy; and on education. Visit a space center : Join Boeing and Discovery Education on a mission to inspire the world through aerospace innovation with an exclusive virtual field trip to historic Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

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Perspectives on the Global Trade Environment: A Panel Discussion

NC State SCRC

As the global environment is shifting based on political debates, EU/British negotiations, tariffs driven by the Trump administration, as well as the sudden shifts in country-level policies, supply chain executives and planners are working to plan for future uncertainties. These are the hardest to affect at a trade policy level.

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