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A Gloomy Future for the Port of Los Angeles?

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

In June 2016, the Panama Canal will double its capacity, and this capacity expansion will undoubtedly reshape the freight flows around the globe, including those transiting through the Port of Los Angeles (click here for a past blog related to this subject). How can the Port of Los Angeles respond to this threat?

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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

Logistics Viewpoints

The bridge is part of the heavily traveled Interstate 695 linking Baltimore to Washington, D.C. Retailers rely on global maritime shipping to deliver products for American consumers every day,” RILA Director of Supply Chain Policy Sarah Gilmore said in a release. An estimated 11.5 And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Christmas and the Poinsettia Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

People seldom think about the supply chains that make those items available. The truth is there is a global supply chain supporting the poinsettia trade. ’ It wasn’t until the first Spanish settlers arrived in Mexico in the 16th century that the plant was specifically linked to the Christmas season.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

and Israeli startups focused on logistics, the supply chain and customer fulfillment. The disruptions are at a key point for ships passing through the Suez Canal and are creating ripples across supply chains in Europe and the U.S., But fallout to global supply chains from Panama’s drought is far from over.

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The West Coast Bottleneck with Brian Rice

The Logistics of Logistics

In the podcast interview Brian shares his insights on the shipment delays on the West Coast that are wreaking havoc on retail, e-commerce, and production supply chains. In 2019, these five countries supplied 48% of the $2.5 Click the link to see the top 100 US importers. ports and rails. trillion in U.S.

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Adexa is Recipient of 2023 Top Supply Chain Projects Award

Adexa

The past 12 months has seen companies within the supply chain and logistics space upgrade, enhance, adopt and adapt in order to achieve greater efficiency along the chain,” says Marina Mayer, Editor-in-Chief of Supply & Demand Chain Executive and Food Logistics. Visit: www.adexa.com.

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Pushing the Supply Chain Reset Button

Supply Chain Shaman

The global supply chain that we know today is built on three assumptions: rational government policy, low variability, and availability of logistics. The impact varies by supply chain sector and value chain. Instead, supply chain leaders need to focus on the minimization of waste, and the alignment of signals.