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This Week in Logistics News (February 11 – 17)

Logistics Viewpoints

The Port of Long Beach blamed shifts in consumer demand and shipping patterns for the 28.4 I remain optimistic that we will recapture market share and develop projects that will enhance our long-term growth, sustainable operations and the reliable movement of goods through the Port of Long Beach.”

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Solving The Port Problem with Lauren Beagen

The Logistics of Logistics

Lauren is a seasoned maritime attorney and the founder of Squall Strategies , a boutique maritime consulting and legal solutions company and offers a wide range of consulting services to serve a variety of businesses and clients. Beagen is a seasoned maritime attorney and the founder of Squall Strategies, LLC. About Squall Strategies.

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Winning Supply Chain Procurement Strategies for 2022

Ware2Go

Should you change your supply chain procurement strategy in light of continuing supply chain disruptions? Supply chain procurement strategies had long been favoring Just in Time procurement. So, should merchants change their supply chain procurement strategies as they head into 2022? Big Picture Thinking.

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Green Shipping Partnership Signed by Ports of Singapore, LA and Long Beach

Supply Chain Brain

The new strategy outlines the steps that the three ports will take to speed up the decarbonization of the shipping industry.

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5 Things You May Have Missed in Supply Chain News

BlueYonder

Over the past year, we’ve talked a lot about the logjams at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach and how these have impacted our everyday lives — from holding Halloween decorations at sea and almost preventing last year’s holiday shopping season. Blue Yonder Live video: 1. West Coast Port Congestion Finally Clears Up.

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3 Capabilities You Need Now to Address Supply Variability

Logility

What do the port of Long Beach, California and the Suez Canal have in common? Fortunately, a pair of industry experts recently published a two-part series on implementing strategies for success despite inevitable disruptions in both demand and supply. If it’s not COVID, it’s something else.

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The Top 6 Use Cases for Network Optimization

Logility

Case in point: an industrial goods importer modeled the impact in time and cost of bypassing Long Beach during a slowdown by delivering to a Mexican port and directly railing containers to the central U.S. Understand and quantify the viability and benefits of solutions such as pooling, delaying strategies, and 3PL and 4PL offerings.