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Bring Out the Best in Your Supply Chain

Kinaxis

Professor of Supply Chain Procurement at Rutgers University), the article discusses some key traits held by the best supply chain managers. In the Fleetowner article, author Sean Kilcarr discusses a textbook example of a massive supply chain crisis: Hurricane Sandy, which devastated large parts of the United States back in October 2012.

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Continued Disruption and Added Cost Inflation Reflected in Key Global Transportation and Logistics Indices in March and Q1 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The World Container Index , assessed by Drewy Consultants, is a compilation of eight major shipping routes to and from the United States , Europe and Asia. Trucking disruptions in these areas threaten the flow of inbound and outbound inventory. . Because of this, both Inventory Costs (91.0) Global Shipping.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Update April 25 2022

Supply Chain Matters

The facility’s operations director indicated to state-owned media outlet Xinhua that the production facility had limited inventory, enough to support one week of production. The latest is the right to hold an election at a New Jersey warehouse facility which operates as a customer delivery center.

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When the Heavy Hand of Government is Not a Burden

MIT Supply Chain

We have a glimpse of such an outcome courtesy of the states of New Jersey and New York. These states imposed strict quarantine requirements for travelers arriving on US shores from West Africa, even when the individuals show no signs of contracting Ebola. The situation is exacerbated by local stockpiling.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 4-8, 2016)

Talking Logistics

MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution. Manhattan Associates Empowers Warehouse Managers With New E-Commerce Capabilities. McLeod Software Unveils New Business Process Automation Solutions for Logistics Companies. Best Buy rolls out same-day delivery in 13 markets (Star Tribune).

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

Also, traditional logistics focuses its attention on activities such as procurement , distribution, maintenance, and inventory management. Federal deregulation of transportation in the United States has resulted in a more competitive and flexible system (R. Inventory optimization Tool. Neil Southern, 2011).

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An Interview with Reshoring Initiative’s Harry Moser

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Ten years ago, when travelling in New Jersey, I drove by where the plant used to operate and broke down in tears seeing that the production was now all offshore. To me, it was a metaphor of the then current state of the American manufacturing industry, once the strongest in the world. I want to be sure to keep that promise.