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This Week in Logistics News (March 23 – 29)

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million vehicles cross the bridge annually, or about 30,000 per day, according to the Maryland Department of Transportation. Transportation officials are sharing plans in an effort to minimize headache-inducing traffic jams. Transportation officials are sharing plans in an effort to minimize headache-inducing traffic jams.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

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The goal is to reduce or avoid one billion metric tons (a gigaton) of greenhouse gasses from the global value chain by 2030. The six areas are energy use, nature, waste, packaging, transportation, and product use and design. And Walmart recently rolled out extra levies for suppliers using its transportation services.

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Top Solutions for Supply Chain Agility

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Customers use their modular, SaaS solutions to route, schedule, track, and measure delivery resources; plan, allocate and execute shipments; rate, audit, and pay transportation invoices; access global trade data; file customs and security documents for imports and exports; and complete numerous other logistics processes. Infor Nexus.

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Guest Commentary: Tight Transportation Capacity, Not Flagging Demand, Behind ISM Report Showing Slowing Activity

Talking Logistics

Analysts point to the steep decline in orders for new transportation equipment as evidence that manufacturers are seeing weakness. In reality, it may not be softening demand at the root of manufacturers’ slowdown in the bookings for new trucks, trailers and other equipment. cities grinding transportation there to a halt as well.

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The New Reality of Amazon FBA with Ephraim Ausch

The Logistics of Logistics

Ephraim started his career at a bulk candy company that had retail locations in New York. Tactical is an end-to-end provider of supply chain logistics that specializes in freight forwarding, warehousing, distribution, and domestic transportation. Ephram is a trusted advisor to retailers, ecommerce companies, and Amazon sellers.

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Reports of Easing Global Supply Chain Volatility in July

Supply Chain Matters

According to the July 2022 Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSPI) , compiled and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York , overall pressures reportedly declined once again in July. Warehousing and Inventory metrics continue to buoy the logistics sector. that we have not seen since April of 2019.

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Two Indices of Supply Chain Activity Noting Supply Chain Volatility Trending

Supply Chain Matters

According to the latest Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSPI) , compiled and published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York , overall pressures increased in April. This index complies 27 different variables to include transportation movement and costs, global PMI sub-indexes reflecting delivery times and order backlog.