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Hurricane Ian supply chain impact will last for months

Resilinc

Fortunately, Port Tampa Bay—Florida’s largest—reopened last Friday, welcoming ships carrying fuel as well as containers and cruise passengers, according to Tampa Bay Business Journal. Consider creating standards for suppliers in hurricane zones, offering premium pricing and other favorable terms to suppliers who meet these standards.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™! An Interview with Michael Massetti, VP at Gartner!

Supply Chain Game Changer

This problem required my team and I to travel to Lucent to have a working meeting with Michael and his team. I live in Tampa, FL, USA with my wife. The team reduced finished-goods inventory by 50% and reduced the assembly and test line production variances by 50% in 9 months. I first met Michael when he was at Lucent.

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The Hub and Spoke Distribution Model for SMB’s

Ware2Go

In the logistics industry, a hub and spoke distribution model is used to disperse inventory to multiple fulfillment centers from a large distribution center. Large retailers and ecommerce marketplaces like Amazon use a hub and spoke distribution model, but mid-sized merchants may not carry enough inventory to fill a large distribution center.

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26 supply chain pros reveal the single most effective way to create a winning supply chain strategy

6 River Systems

Meet Our Panel of Supply Chain Professionals: Trey Howard Emmanuel Frost Michael D. Eliminating all bureaucratic roadblocks in our customer service, our customer service personnel, now intellectually enhanced, could reactively and autonomously meet our customers promptly at the point of their needs.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 22 – 28)

Logistics Viewpoints

As online grocery has become more commonplace over the last year, many retailers have turned to crowdsourced delivery models to meet the increased demand. Speaking of grocery delivery, Cincinnati-based Kroger sent a fleet its of refrigerated delivery trucks to the streets of Ybor City in Tampa as part of the city’s annual Pride Parade.