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What is Supply Chain Visibility and Why Isn’t It Enough?

Logistics Viewpoints

Let’s say visibility allows you to locate some bolts on a truck in Kansas and learn they will be late because of a raw materials shortage delaying your supplier, because one of their suppliers went bankrupt. Ipsen faced transportation capacity constraints, complications at country borders, and even temporary shutdowns at their own plants.

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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. Biopharmaceutical company Ipsen avoided any stockouts in 2020, in spite of up to 70% demand spikes, transportation constraints, and temporary factory shutdowns.

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This Week in Logistics News (July 15 – 21)

Logistics Viewpoints

While still in the early stages of development, the emerging technology will instantly transport an item once it is picked at a warehouse or store to your living room. million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2022, down 0.4 And now on to this week’s logistics news. The Seattle-based giant emitted 71.27

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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Logistics Viewpoints

294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. The company is using Blue Yonder for transportation management, Coupa’s Supply Chain Guru for network design, and FourKites ( see the webinar ) for transportation visibility in certain regions or departments to help with this.

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Warehousing News Roundup: April 8, 2019

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For example, Kansas City Southern has accepted trains from other lines that it usually wouldn’t have to accommodate. Ports across the country are updating their progress on clean air goals for both rail and truck transportation. Delta reported a dip in air cargo freight last month compared to March of 2018. This number fell by 5.4%

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

From contractor controversies to rising fuel costs, logistics professionals across the transportation industry are turning to innovative solutions to persistent problems. According to reporting from Transportation Topics, the contract “ would give the aircraft mechanics a 3.3% million metric tons. . million metric tons. .

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. transport companies are cashing in on the Mexico trade boom, if you are a 3PL or transportation company and you’re not involved in cross-border shipping with Mexico, then you are missing out on a growing business.