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This Week in Logistics News (September 16 – 22)

Logistics Viewpoints

Cargo volumes at the Port of Los Angeles rose 3 percent year-over-year to 828,016 TEUs in August, marking the first increase in 13 months, port officials said. The union plans to disclose the locations of new strikes during an online presentation to members that morning. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Why Innovation is the Name of the Distribution Game in 2019

Stord

Warehouse availability is shrinking as demand rises What’s more, finding storage space is increasingly difficult. Demand outpaced the supply of new warehouse construction for the year by 29 million square feet. Demand outpaced the supply of new warehouse construction for the year by 29 million square feet.

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

The overarching rule that all actions taken are meant to meet the needs of the present society without compromising future generations’ ability to meet their own needs, is a key driver. From just being environmentally friendly, it has become a holistic framework that encompasses the environment, social and corporate governance.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 30 – May 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

Well, according to Czinger, a Los Angeles-based boutique hypercar manufacturer, that is about to be a possibility. Warehouse vacancy rates sink to 27-year low. Do other warehouses follow suit and join a union?’ At some point, it seems we all have the need for speed. That being said, would you go over 280 MPH in a car?

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So You Want to Make the Perfect Logistics Model

Logility

You can see three warehouses and almost every warehouse shipped to each destination city. Find the case where a customer node is right near the Alabama warehouse but is shipped from the Nevada warehouse. This means something is going to change — a new port, new warehouse location, new route to the customer.

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Buying 2021 Holiday Gifts for the 2022 Holiday Season

Enterra Insights

”[1] Here’s the rub: “All those excess retail inventories are starting to weigh on warehousing markets. If goods do arrive, then the warehousing shortage mentioned above comes into play. Journalist Lisa Baertlein ( @LisaBaertlein ) explains, “America’s largest warehouse market is full as major U.S.

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The supply chain crisis and US ports: ‘Disruption on top of disruption’

Ware2Go

One measure of this is the daily tally of container ships idling outside the congested ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — the entry point for about 40 per cent of goods imported into the US. Container ships are anchored by the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.