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Justifying Investments in Risk Avoidance

MIT Supply Chain

This supported an extremely lean build-to-order operation with minimal inventory. Many days before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005, Wal-Mart had prepared 45 trucks full of critical supplies at its distribution center in Brookhaven, Mississippi.

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Overcoming Supply Chain Challenges in the Beverage Industry 

Logility

Data is the foundation of a successful supply chain now and will become even more valuable over time as companies lean on their decision support platforms with predictive and prescriptive analytics. Denbury, an independent energy company, sources CO 2 from Jackson Dome, a natural carbon source field in Mississippi.

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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

However, r eject rates from drivers are still down currently , a nd the DAT P ower I ndex still leans in favor of shipper s. . Mississippi? ? . Mississippi’s?stay-at-home Volumes have risen more than 15% since the trough on April 16. ” . stay-at-home order?expired expired on May 11.?Currently,

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This Week in Logistics News (May 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

The company is paying participating small businesses a per-package fee to deliver Amazon orders within a 10-mile radius to their neighbors’ homes in states like Nebraska, Mississippi, and Alabama. The company is leaning on expedited shipping lanes to pull ahead supply and mitigate COVID-19 disruptions in China.

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Trends 2023: Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

the Mississippi River is seeing falling water levels, which has resulted in a log-jam of over 100 vessels. ” The staff at Flat World Global Solutions predicts there will be “a return to lean inventory management — somewhat.” Low levels in Germany’s waters are impacting economic activity. And in the U.S.,