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Supply Chain Risk: It’s Not Whether Severe Weather, but When

Enterra Insights

As supply chains continue to garner negative headlines — thanks to snarled transportation systems, closed factories, and product shortages — supply chain professionals are facing a future in which severe weather will continue to give them headaches. ” Journalists Shefali Kapadia ( @skapadiaDC ) and S.L. ” Concluding Thoughts. .

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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Even if you don’t grow or ship produce, your transportation performance and spend can still be directly impacted. How Produce Season Transportation Affects Rates and Capacity – State by State.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

In addition, several agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require unique device identifiers (UDI) usually in the form of barcodes to contain information such as manufactured date and lot number to provide traceability. Use the form below to send us your information! Rhode Island. Schedule Now.

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Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

Zipline Logistics

We will update this information every week until restrictions are completely lifted. Transportation could be impacted in Illinois. Vendors should not expect much transportation disruption in Iowa. Rhode Island. Rhode Island has begun reopening the state in stages according to Governor Gina Raimondo.

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Logistics Market Stays Flat as May Begins

Zipline Logistics

We will update this information every week until restrictions are completely lifted. The information in this section was obtained through CNN , unless otherwise noted. . Vendors should not expect much transportation disruption in Iowa. . Rhode Island . Status: Open . Status: Varies . South Carolina .

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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

We will update this information every week until restrictions are completely lifted.?? . Transportation?could Vendors should not expect much transportation disruption in Iowa.?? . Rhode Island? ? . Rhode Island?has To help our customers understand where each of the lower 48 states stands in?allowing?businesses?to?reopen,

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Crowdsourcing and Collaborative Logistics: Insights from the Annual WERC Conference

FLEXE

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the annual WERC (Warehouse Education Research Council) conference in Providence, Rhode Island. The conference was well-planned, well-attended and very informative, especially in the areas of new technologies and solutions that are revolutionizing our industry.