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Strategically Managing Your Spend: An Infographic

Talking Logistics

You could win big, but you could lose big just as easily. Because it’s nearly impossible to time the market, someone focused on the short term could sell stock before a huge spike that would have yielded far greater results. Think about the stock market. It has dips and spikes every day. Supply chains are no different.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a logistics service provider, focusing on over-the-road surface transportation management solutions via technology and managed transportation services, we find the following information on the history of shipping containers of great significance to the logistics and supply chain community at large. Readers' choice! Category Key.

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

US Army uses the “Transporter” container, developed four years earlier for removals, for Korean War supply movements. Did You Know That … It wasn’t just about freight. First intermodal cargo transportation (containers are stacked on deck). Gantry cranes slash loading times, cost, damage, and pilfering.

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Reflections on the LIVING Supply Chain SCRC Meeting

NC State SCRC

The SCRC meeting featured a group of executives, students, and faculty participating at the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative meeting yesterday in Raleigh, held at the new Talley Student Center on the NC State campus. The restoration of predators in the system resulted in the more balanced ecosystem.

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SCRC Meeting – Tom Linton’s “Supply Chain Eight” and Golden Winged Warblers : Questions Every New CSCO Should Ask Their CEO

NC State SCRC

Co-location of supply chains will reduce disruptions, complications with transportations, government regulations, etc. And the fundamental issue is about TIME as a foundational concept for running a company. I identified four options to executives given these uncertainties: Passive Approach – “do nothing”.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 15-19, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Infor Aligns With MercuryGate To Strengthen Transportation Management. Oracle Introduces New Cloud Solutions for Transportation and Global Trade Management. Kuehne + Nagel inaugurates North America’s regional Integrated Logistics Control Centre in Raleigh, NC, USA. Macy’s, Inc. IAS ChassisManager Facilitates Street-Turns.

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Post-mortem on Christmas Logistics Chaos: On Customer Commitments and Transparency

NC State SCRC

It is no longer enough to have just a commitment culture. We had a huge snow and ice storm in Raleigh last week. A colleague of mind shared his experience with Amazon during this time. “I needed a product called “Ice Melt” for the snow storm. Transparency is supposed to be a virtue in such cases, right? Not always.