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Transportation Optimization: The Key to Weathering Droughts, Disasters and Other Disruptions

BlueYonder

This blog was co-written by Chirag Modi , Corporate Vice President, Industry Strategy – Supply Chain Execution and 3PL Global Lead, and Jen McQuiston , Product Marketing Director. Under normal operating conditions, the Panama Canal handles 36 to 38 ships per day. What’s happening at the Panama Canal is far from an isolated event.

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How to Fulfill Orders When You Don’t Have Enough Product to Meet Demand

MIT Supply Chain

I describe them in my latest book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19. Here are some factors and strategies to consider. Thus, GM temporarily closed a Chevrolet plant in Shreveport, Louisiana, which made the (small) Colorado pickup truck. (As This is one approach to the problem?—?but

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Ports Increasingly Turn to Modern Logistics Technologies

RFgen

As sea-based supply routes become more important in the global movement of goods and services, ports have enacted new technologies like supply chain software to make sure boat shipments are processed more efficiently , global strategist Wolfgang Lehmacher wrote in a recent Port Strategy article.

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Ecommerce COVID-19 Advice: How to Manage Online Sales During COVID-19 [New Tips Updated Weekly]

ShipBob

COVID-19 ecommerce shipping and fulfillment FAQs. At the bare minimum, this includes acknowledging COVID-19 and your shipping status. If you had copy on your ecommerce site about shipping info, both warm and cold prospects won’t know if that’s up-to-date. What does your COVID-19 ecommerce shipping process look like?

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Ports Increasingly Turn to Modern Logistics Technologies

RFgen

As sea-based supply routes become more important in the global movement of goods and services, ports have enacted new technologies like supply chain software to make sure boat shipments are processed more efficiently , global strategist Wolfgang Lehmacher wrote in a recent Port Strategy article.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 3-7, 2014)

Talking Logistics

FedEx Freight to Increase Shipping Rates. Edward Ryan, Descartes’ CEO, summarized it best: “Our strategy of focusing on recurring revenues, organic growth and complementary acquisitions continues to deliver consistent, predictable financial results.”. Con-way Freight Introduces Drive Safe Systems™. Yahoo Autos ).

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This Week in Logistics News (May 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

The expanded waiver runs through May 31 and covers Alabama, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, parts of Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The program gives parents free shipping labels they can use to ship old toys back to Mattel.