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This Week in Logistics News (August 28 – September 1, 2017)

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Port Houston Container Terminals to Resume Operations Friday (WSJ – sub. Manhattan Transportation Management Enhancements Enable the Acquisition and Supervision of Additional Shipment Capacity. Freight Companies Scramble to Reroute Goods in Wake of Harvey (WSJ – sub. Descartes Acquires MacroPoint.

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The Many Types of Inventory Management Technology

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There are diverse types of inventory management technology and systems, designed to properly sort, control and act upon information with a company’s inventory. As explained by Kenneth Hamlett of the Houston Chronicle , the two dominant types of inventory management technologies include manual and automated systems.

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Capacity Crunch Factors: What Causes a Capacity Crunch?

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This puts a strain on the existing transportation resources, and if mother nature wipes out the infrastructure in coastal areas, such as Houston, the Port of Miami or even shipments between Puerto Rico and the mainland, capacity tightens faster than anyone expects. appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 4-8, 2017)

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In response to Hurricane Harvey, for example, JDRF and other organizations shipped more than 3,750 pounds of donated diabetes supplies to Houston (including 200,000 syringes, 50,000 pen needles and 20,000 alcohol pads) to help people with diabetes affected by the hurricane.

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The Current State of the Shipping Capacity Crunch

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The damage from the overly active storms damaged both freight containers and trucks, and in Houston, the trucking industry is barely back to life. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn The post The Current State of the Shipping Capacity Crunch appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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Downturn in the Oil and Gas Industry: An Opportunity for Supply Chain Improvements

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And according to an article in the Houston Chronicle , “During the past eight months, energy companies have slashed more than 176,000 jobs worldwide, although the number is likely greater because many aren’t made public. As the Wall Street Journal reported this past weekend, “ U.S.

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Today’s Freight Capacity Crisis: Where Do We Go from Here?

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Looking back on how we arrived at this point, many experts point to the 2017 hurricane season, specifically with Hurricane Harvey hitting the Houston area in late August 2017, followed by Hurricane Irma hitting Florida just a few weeks later. That all changed with the summer of 2017. Focus on the Right Data.

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