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Amazon Workers Walk Out and Demonstrate for Grievances with Management

Supply Chain Matters

Published reports indicate that hundreds of Amazon workers temporarily walked off their jobs yesterday in protest over return-to-office mandates and on perceived lack of teeth within overall corporate sustainability efforts. All 18 proposals failed to garner shareholder approval.

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Hanjin, Hurricanes, Harvests May Boost Truckload Rates

DAT Solutions

I’d advise shippers to not get complacent about transportation costs for the longer term, however. According to one CNN report : "When it made landfall over mainland China, the storm's maximum sustained winds were 145 MPH with gusts up to 175 MPH." Some recent events signal that rate increases could be only weeks away.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

We’ll grade your barcode for free, and you’ll receive information to ensure compliance, including: Click here to view a sample graded barcode report. A detailed report of barcode results, along with suggestions from our experts on how to improve. Check out the graphic to the right to see an example of a barcode grading report.

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Connecting Canada, the US and Europe

Cathy Roberson

Photo courtesy of GLS UK-based postal operator, Royal Mail further expands its international operations through its subsidiary, General Logistics Systems (GLS) with the acquisition of Canadian freight operator, Rosenau Transport, announced on Oct 8. How does this all benefit postal operator Royal Mail? International cross-border.

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My Worst Load Ever: Hauling Oregon Potato Chips to Texas

DAT Solutions

October 3, driving through Idaho and Wyoming - The elevation kept getting higher, and soon I passed the dreaded 6,000-foot elevation mark. Reports from the Casper, WY airport said this was the tenth-biggest snowstorm since 1937, and the third-biggest October snowstorm of all time. Meanwhile, the weather went from bad to horrible.

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