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This Week in Logistics News (July 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Trucker protests shut down Port of Oakland terminals. To meet demand, 3PLs increasingly tapped the spot market to source carriers to cover shipments. The Port’s other three marine terminals are effectively shut down for trucks as well, the Port of Oakland told CNBC, while there are some vessel labor operations underway.

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Seeing Supply Chain Visibility through Different Lenses

Bristlecone

However, I did like the unique tiles and the expert design assistance offered by the first retailer and thought through what could have been an ideal customer experience for me: The tile retailer having the ability to look up the current inventory of the distributor online. Recently, in a conversation with a leading U.S.-based

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Webinar Q&A: Answers to 8 Common Freight Market Questions

CH Robinson Transportfolio

The strong economic recovery and need to rebuild retail inventory creates high out-of-season demand in port cities. Once sales rebalance, will inventory follow? Source: ACT Research April 2021 Freight Forecast report. Now, this congestion is spreading to Oakland, Vancouver, and Seattle ports. The short answer is yes.

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ToolsGroup Announces Launch of Dynamic Fulfillment for Real-Time Order Fulfillment Optimization in Retail

ToolsGroup

A significant addition to our Inventory Hub® product, Dynamic Fulfillment leverages advanced optimization logic to determine what to ship, from where, in real-time, to reduce shipping costs, improve margins, and satisfy empowered customers. This is why ToolsGroup is thrilled to announce the launch of our Dynamic Fulfillment solution.

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Traditional Retail Performance Metrics Aren’t Measuring Up

Logility

In a recent Logility blog post , Richie Proud, vice president of planning and inventory at Curaleaf, said this about the upheaval in the retail fashion sector: The digital transformation of the fashion industry has been immense over the past 6 months. Imagination, creativity and perseverance constitute the first hurdle. Time for action.

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