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9 Tips for Buying Quality Discounted Pallets!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. The Pallet Supply Chain and Lumber Price Impacts! If you are looking for a liquidation store that has good quality pallets, you can try to contact them to see if they would be willing to sell you a few liquidation pallets. Quality of Pallets. Subscribe Here!

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Supply chain risks: The knowable unknowns that can hurt your supply chain!

Kinaxis

by Dr. Madhav Durbha CSX, one of the only two railroad operators in the USA that handles nearly all the shipments that move by train east of the Mississippi River has been experiencing serious challenges since the month of May. These are the “knowable unknowns” that can hurt your supply chain performance.

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VW Tennessee Auto Workers Approve Labor Union Representation

Supply Chain Matters

Background Prediction Four within the January published Ferrari Consulting and Research Group’s 2024 Predictions in Global Supply Chains , available for complimentary downloading in our Research Center , represented our belief that the increased labor activism that occurred in 2023 will continue this year, but with different nuances.

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QAD Explore 2019: Vertical Market Round-up

QAD

QAD Production Execution works seamlessly with complementary QAD solutions, including MSW/PSW, Quality Management and Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) to provide robust support of manufacturing operations. While at Explore, we had a fantastic view of the Mississippi River flowing through New Orleans.

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When the Climate Changes, Can Business Carry on as Usual?

EHS Sustainability Knowledge at Work

To highlight the unpredictability farmers are facing, consider the Mississippi River, which in 2008 flooded just before the harvest period for many crops, causing an estimate loss of $8bn for farmers. Forced changes in production and delivery continue to cause supply chain disruption and to drive costs upwards.

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Amid Peak Season Surprises, Worries Persist

Intelligent Audit

Supply Chain Dive reports, “ Customers also need to consider larger increases for longer-distance shipments, additional handling fees, and higher minimum package charges to reduce the sting of the hikes on their businesses. ” Record Low Water Levels Cause Shipping Woes Along Mississippi.

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Bio-based Products Future is Promising, but Hurdles Exist

Supply Chain View from the Field

Manufacturers go through a certification process that has been developed in a partnership with ASTM International to ensure quality control and consistent results. Since 2011, the USDA BioPreferred voluntary label has been in the market place and now has been applied to more than 20,000 certified products.