Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Source: Ports of LA, Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle-Tacoma. LA and Long Beach account for the majority of west coast port volumes, approximately 75 percent of the volume (LA, Long Beach, Oakland, and Seattle-Tacoma) in September 2021 – the most recent month on record. Yup, LA and Long Beach are Critical.

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Locus

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

To meet growing demands and ensure the efficient delivery of their products, companies often turn to third-party logistics providers. Even more baffling, a package meant for Oakland, CA, ends up in Emeryville, CA, all because of a shared ZIP code (94608).

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

My first job ever was through an Exploring Leadership program where I was a public relations intern with the Oakland Raiders. In a traditionally male-dominated field, do you ever notice when you’re the only woman in a room or meeting? I went on blind dates to meet friends because I didn’t know anyone!

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BlueYonder

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

My first job ever was through an Exploring Leadership program where I was a public relations intern with the Oakland Raiders. In a traditionally male-dominated field, do you ever notice when you’re the only woman in a room or meeting? I went on blind dates to meet friends because I didn’t know anyone!

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ThroughPut

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

This is the holy grail of the finance world where quality-of-earnings meets quality-of-operations. What appeals most to me is their approach of tying operational frontline data to financial bottom line impact, and thus ultimately profitability and a company’s Earnings Per Share.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 30, 2018

In the movie, the new coach of the Oakland A’s baseball team uses analytics to build his organization from the ground up. Siemens achieved this goal, and created a platform that allows all senior executives to press a button to run a meeting anytime, not just at the end of the quarter.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 8, 2022

Those most expensive ports are New York, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, and Savannah, as ranked by the fees imposed on US shippers by container lines. He took the unusual step of meeting with the ILWU and PMA in Los Angeles on June 10. The labor faceoff has been on Biden’s radar for months.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 12, 2021

Qualcomm, the world’s biggest mobile chipmaker, can’t get enough processors to meet the demands of its handset customers, and warns that the shortage may not end until late 2021. The chip shortage is so severe that people have been camping out to buy Nvidia’s graphics processors.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 21, 2021

Port of Oakland sets all-time cargo record. The Port of Oakland reached a milestone in April, setting an all-time record for cargo handling. It will be interesting to see if Amazon simplifies things a bit more in the near future. And now on to this week’s logistics news. Echoing Amazon: Walmart and Target try local package delivery.

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