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Beware the Swinging Pendulum on Supply Chain Inventory Practices

Logistics Viewpoints

She considered where she could get more, factoring in that it was Saturday night at 10:00 pm, she lived alone in Kansas City, and she’d be driving by herself. One night, absorbed in two favorite activities – reading her mysteries and smoking – she ran out of cigarettes. A change to one link (e.g. on-time delivery).

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This Week in Logistics News (July 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

Starting this week, customers across the US will begin to see custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian delivering their Amazon packages , with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Warehousing News Roundup: April 8, 2019

Stord

For example, Kansas City Southern has accepted trains from other lines that it usually wouldn’t have to accommodate. The specific metric used – cargo ton miles – measures the total of tons of cargo moved during a reporting period multiplied by the number of miles flown. This number fell by 5.4%

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XX and XY: A Different World in Supply Chain

Supply Chain Shaman

It is such a very different landscape than the green mountains of my farm in West Virginia or my city streets in Philadelphia. I now have a working manuscript for the entire book of Metrics That Matter. It appears SO barren from my window in seat 4D. It has been a good week. In fact, it will probably be a long line.