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Warehouse Labor Woes Are Worse than Ever

Logistics Viewpoints

The Washington Post article quoted Sabrina Wnorowski, vice president of human resources at Radial, as saying “Every year we say, ‘Wow, this is really difficult’ — and every year, it gets more challenging.” The United States has 5 million fewer jobs than it did pre-pandemic. That means its turnover was roughly 150 percent a year!

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Are You Prepared for a Climate-Change Charged Hurricane Season?

Enterra Insights

.”[4] According to the Editorial Board at the Washington Post , there are good reasons to buckle up. The 2020 one brought a record 30 named storms to the North Atlantic, including 12 that hit the United States, causing some $40 billion in damage. ” Footnotes. [1] What’s the forecast? How to prepare?

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Top 15 Logistics Stories of 2022

Logistics Viewpoints

Inventory Management in a High Inflation Environment ; Clint Reiser. My stated logic was that inflation pressures would deter companies from engaging in higher cost efforts such as commissioning new warehouse locations to minimize disruption risks. Inflation in 2022: Is the Bullwhip Effect to Blame for Retail Inventory Glut?

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OMG: Does Omicron Mean the Supply Chain Will Suffer from Long-Haul Covid?

Enterra Insights

” Correspondents from the Washington Post report, “Omicron’s genetic profile is unique from other circulating variants, meaning it represents a new lineage of the virus. It is distinct from other variants in another critical way: There’s a greater number of mutations. they are going to suffer from long-haul Covid).

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Dock-to-Stock Time: Best Practices For Warehouse Inbounding

Ware2Go

As soon as money is spent on inventory, the clock starts ticking. When money is tied up in inventory that has not been shipped or sold, businesses can’t afford to move quickly in other areas like product development or marketing strategies. When inventory is moving fast, merchants face the threat of a stockout. Fewer stockouts.

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The Strategic National Stockpile that Failed Us

NC State SCRC

The COVID-19 crisis arrived in the United States in February and was largely dismissed as a non-threatening issue. i] As the virus spread more quickly in Washington State, New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans, the administration quickly realized that the coronavirus would not be “magically going away.”

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How The Coronavirus Epidemic is Throttling Global Supply Chains

Logistics Bureau

Ports in the United States, The Netherlands, Britain, France, and elsewhere have reported a drop in cargo volumes ranging from around 5 percent in January to an estimated 25 percent in February. in vehicle sales worldwide in 2020 due to Coronavirus. Coping with the Crisis.