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Port of Los Angeles: Disintermediation and Other Risks

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

.   The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are vital to the LA economy, not only because they provide a significant number of jobs in the shipping and logistics industries, but also because they give the city itself a competitive edge with regard to shipping times and transportation costs when it comes to operating a global businesses here.

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Lessons to Glean From the West Coast Port Dispute

MIT Supply Chain

These include a wider Panama Canal and possibly the construction of a Nicaragua Canal; Mexican port capacity expansions; port capacity expansions on the US East Coast that will reduce the costs of using the Suez Canal; and even the opening up of Arctic sea routes. This post was originally published on the LinkedIn Influencer site.

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Beyond The Data with William Sandoval

The Logistics of Logistics

William shares how they transform data into critical actionable information that optimizes and powers operations throughout businesses. Customers don’t just want information. Beyond The Data with William Sandoval: It’s not just about knowing that information. I was born in Central America, specifically Nicaragua.

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Impact of Trump Pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement on Manufacturing & Transportation

GlobalTranz

manufacturers, distributors or other partners, except for Syria and Nicaragua, will be at risk. LinkedIn The post Impact of Trump Pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement on Manufacturing & Transportation appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis. companies due to the new Administration’s plans.

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Complex costs of transportation

Supply Chain Movement

To anticipate and respond to high customer demand, a modern Transportation Management System (TMS) needs to optimize inventory allocation. Deviations that occur during transportation execution are not necessarily approved immediately. A TMS with inventory allocation enables shippers to monitor shipments down to the package level.

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Mindmap for Global Logistics Integration

Supply Chain Movement

Goods have to be transported across the globe and across the neighbourhood. Goods have to be transported across the globe and delivered to different destinations – from congested cities to remote, rural areas. The main challenge in logistics is an increasing complexity of trade-offs in transport planning. Montenegro.

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Download now: 3PL Subway Map Europe 2016

Supply Chain Movement

In order to be included on the 3PL Subway Map Europe, logistics service providers with offices in several European countries have to provide information about revenue share and number of customers per service line. Moldova, Republic of. Montenegro. Montserrat. Mozambique. Netherlands. Netherlands Antilles. New Caledonia. New Zealand.

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