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Collaborating on Supply Chain Research

Talking Logistics

Robinson has partnered with several universities to conduct industry research, including MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics, Iowa State University’s Supply Chain and Information Systems department, and the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management Supply and Operations team.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

This will certainly be an interesting trend to watch. In fact, several companies are working on new virtual-taste technologies for therapeutics, gastronomy, and virtual dining in the metaverse. And now on to this week’s logistics news. small businesses, from bodegas to florists, to deliver its packages by the end of the year.

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Severe weather causes freight rates to slip

DAT Solutions

The highways are open now, but there are still flood warnings in six states: Nebraska, parts of neighboring South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota, plus eastern Arizona and western Mississippi. VAN TRENDS. REEFER TRENDS. Like van, reefer trends have not turned upward yet. The van load-to-truck ratio declined last week to 1.6

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Top Findings: What Makes a Favored Shipper?

Talking Logistics

Researchers at Iowa State University analyzed data provided by C.H. Bobby Martens is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain in the Iowa State University College of Business. Robinson and TMC, a division of C.H. Robinson, to test whether or not commonly mentioned shipper attributes actually affected price and service.

Iowa 100
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Halloween Candy – A Scary Supply Chain Planning Problem

Logility

In the interactive “ Top Halloween Candy by State ” map, CandyStore.com shows my beloved candy corn is the favorite candy for trick-or-treaters in Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Iowa, Michigan and Alabama. A growing trend amongst ages 25-34 is dressing pets in costumes. Reese’s Cups. That is an average of $86.79

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Explaining the Bottleneck: The Champagne Shortage of 2021

o9 Solutions

Consumption trends are rising and recent sales figures suggest a rebound is on the horizon. For example, let’s say you have 1000 bottles of Veuve Clicquot in Des Moines, Iowa, but consumers aren’t going to buy all of it for New Year’s Eve. As reported in Fortune : “Champagne sales were up 88.5%

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

It’s one of our top six trends we’re following in 2019, and we have decades of experience in this area. “What are your customer, partner, regulatory, and vendor expectations?”. Are you meeting those expectations? The great news about supply chain compliance is that AB&R® makes it a breeze. Business Address 2. California. Connecticut.