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Understanding Inventory Tax: An eCommerce Merchant’s Guide

Ware2Go

Everything you need to know about inventory tax. Learn which states collect it, its impact on your business, how to reduce it, and how to leverage fulfillment technology to accurately track and control inventory. Understanding Inventory Tax. Is There a Federal Inventory Tax? How Does Inventory Tax Affect My Business?

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7 Reasons Panama is the Latin American Supply Chain Capital with Demo Perez

The Logistics of Logistics

We’re not only crossing ships, but servicing them as well. Long ago the country found a free trade agreement from Louisiana, translated it into Spanish, and implemented it. Latin American consumers will say the same thing, so we need inventory close to them. We also have very fast internet. [20:45] Our ports and location.

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Making Sense of the Post-Pandemic Economy… Will We Ever Return to “Normal”?

NC State SCRC

Resin prices spiked, but continued to stay high, as there were massive hits taken by the plants on the Louisiana cost. One might think this is an arbitrage opportunity, but wait… you need to put resin on a ship, and there is no guarantee you can find a ship to get it over here, due to the container shortage!

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Hurricane Harvey Updates

Elementum

Harvey downgraded to a tropical depression on Wednesday night, August 29 but heavy rains and life-threatening flash floods are expected to continue in and around Houston, Beaumont/Port Arthur, eastward into southwest Louisiana for the rest of the week. According to reports, there is no vessel movement and there are no ships in the channel.

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The Big Texas Chemical Freeze Raises Issues on Resiliency of the Petrochemical Supply Chain

NC State SCRC

As plants slowly restart, it will take months for inventories to recover, with prices likely only returning to normal levels in June, said Joel Morales, analyst at IHS Markit.” In another example, to get access to nitrogen, this company relied on shipping it in from Oklahoma, as the pipelines were non-functional.

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How to Fulfill Orders When You Don’t Have Enough Product to Meet Demand

MIT Supply Chain

The management team prioritized full-sized trucks over small trucks because the larger vehicles were both more profitable and had smaller retail inventories. Thus, GM temporarily closed a Chevrolet plant in Shreveport, Louisiana, which made the (small) Colorado pickup truck. (As

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ScottsMiracle-Gro Improves Distribution System in Sustainability and Customer Service

Supply Chain Network

Since 2009, when ScottsMiracle-Gro began implementing its new distribution model, the Company has reduced the number of miles traveled to ship products to home center customers by approximately one-third. ScottsMiracle-Gro is consolidating the warehousing and distribution of its bagged products that are shipped to home center stores.