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America Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos

Operations and Supply Chain Management

Mississippi River cargo traffic near Luling, La. The shipping industry, which accounts for 80% of world merchandise trade, had a record year in 2021 , with volume totaling 179.1 Share of Global Shipping Vessels Arriving on Time. Businessweek. Planes, Cranes, and Barges: How America Is Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos. in the U.K.

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Peet’s Coffee and the Roasted Bean Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

In DSD, instead of shipping truckload quantities of goods directly to a retailer’s regional distribution center every few weeks, a manufacturer has their own account representatives that sell to and service individual stores. They are exploring opening a second warehouse east of the Mississippi.

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QAD Explore 2019: Vertical Market Round-up

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The city of New Orleans played quite the host this year to our growing community of manufacturers for our largest annual customer conference, Explore. While at Explore, we had a fantastic view of the Mississippi River flowing through New Orleans. Consumer Products and Food & Beverage.

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Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

Zipline Logistics

Produce shipping is showing signs of strengthening and should begin building activity for the remainder of the month before leveling off in June. Shipping in or out of Alabama should be back to pre-pandemic difficulty. When shipping to or from California, check to ensure that facilities are online and operational. Status: Open.

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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

Shipping in or out of Alabama should be?back When shipping to or from California, check to ensure that facilities are online and operational. Shipping to or from Colorado should not be restricted.?? . If shipping to or from DC, ensure your supply chain partners can handle freight.?? . Arizona ? . Colorado ? .

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14 – 20)

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bound shipments post first annual gain in 14 months in September Teamsters at DHL rally for fair contract The Mississippi River has dropped to a historic low Amazon is introducing an array of new artificial intelligence and robotics capabilities into its warehouse operations that will reduce delivery times and help identify inventory more quickly.

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Overcoming Supply Chain Challenges in the Beverage Industry 

Logility

Port congestion, shipping delays, and other supply chain disruptions are affecting industries across all economic sectors, and that includes beverages of all types. For wine and spirits companies, for example, the glass bottle shortage and shipping glitches are two of the biggest problems. Issues in trucking and shipping.

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