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This Week in Logistics News (October 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

Retailers are racing to tap seasonal demand as they struggle to reduce bloated inventories, and they have little choice but to offer price cuts in stores and online to entice consumers who have been hammered by this year’s surge in inflation. And now, on to this week’s logistics news. This could be a good holiday season for consumers.

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Five-Year Study Showcases the Benefits of US Foreign-Trade Zones

QAD

For firms with large inventories of foreign-status goods, cash flow improvement through duty deferral is a significant benefit In addition to duty reduction and duty exemption, companies that import large quantities of foreign goods cite duty deferral as a significant benefit. Done manually, this can be highly time-consuming.

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Panama Canal Drought: Lower Water Levels, Higher Supply Chain Risk

Resilinc

The impact of the bottleneck goes beyond the canal itself, causing delays in container shipping and inventory replenishment along various shipping routes. Other waterways have also been impacted by climate change The Panama Canal is just the latest example of how climate change can impact logistics in waterways.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. The new program reduces the time it takes to fulfill an order by up to 25%, the company said, and it can identify and store inventory up to 75% faster. The post This Week in Logistics News (October 14 – 20) appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints. That’s all for this week.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

Mississippi. District of Columbia. Massachusetts. New Hampsire. New Jersey. New Mexico. North Carolina. North Dakota. Pennsylvania. Rhode Island. South Carolina.

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Justifying Investments in Risk Avoidance

MIT Supply Chain

To fight the phenomenon, Sun hired escorts for trailers carrying high-value Sun gear and monitored logistics personnel to reduce inside-job leaks of information about these shipments. The strategy incurs higher costs in terms of capital expenditures, labor, and inventory, but the payoff is superior service.

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Overcoming Supply Chain Challenges in the Beverage Industry 

Logility

Better long-term planning, supply planning, and just-in-time logistics are essential to address beverage industry supply chain challenges. Denbury, an independent energy company, sources CO 2 from Jackson Dome, a natural carbon source field in Mississippi. This requires beverage manufacturers and distributors to be logistically agile.

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